VF SS wagon tune

[gassit320]

Hi all, hope you had a great Xmas.
Have a VF (15) SS wagon, now don't get me started on what possessed GMH to "bless" me with 10kw less than a sedan, but my question is can a tune alone get good gains? (as it did on the Ls1).
Would appreciate feedback from anyone who has done this and where to get it done in Perth .
Cheers

[Smashfist]

It's not that the wagon gets 10kw less than the sedan, it's that auto variants have AFM activated and have 10kw less...and the wagons only come in auto.

[gassit320]

That's interesting, 99% sure my car (11/15) doesn't have afm

[Smashfist]

All V8 autos from MY11 to MY15 have AFM (excluding LS3 variants).

Your car has afm 100%.

[Wonky]

All V8 autos from MY11 to MY15 have AFM (excluding LS3 variants).

Your car has afm 100%.
Yep, in fact all A6 from MY9.5 had AFM. As with all LS variants a tune is of benefit. My MY9.5 SSV ute went from 200.x rwkw to 260.x with tune, OTR and full exhaust.

[gassit320]

Well I did say 99%,lol. Lack of AFM badge on the back threw me, that and not mentioned anywhere in the manual. I was wondering how they got the fuel consumption so low tho.
Anyway, the original question was can improvements be had with a tune only?

[Smashfist]

Well I did say 99%,lol. Lack of AFM badge on the back threw me, that and not mentioned anywhere in the manual. I was wondering how they got the fuel consumption so low tho.
Anyway, the original question was can improvements be had with a tune only?

Improvements can be had with tune only but they respond very well to breathing mods. I'd expect ~30rwkw out of just a tune, but if you plan on doing any mods do them first as the tune will need to suit.

I'm in a similar boat to Wonkyy with mine, have an MY14 SS ute and ended up with about 260rwkw on a tight/new engine after OTR, full exhaust and a tune.

[A PSYCHO]

My VF Redline ute(auto L77 with AFM) got about 250rwkw with tune, OTR and cat-back only. food for thought. Didnt get a before figure, wouldve been good to know. The AFM can be disabled when tuned i believe.

[BLACK 346]

My VF Redline ute(auto L77 with AFM) got about 250rwkw with tune, OTR and cat-back only. food for thought. Didnt get a before figure, wouldve been good to know. The AFM can be disabled when tuned i believe.

Yes it can :) Removing the hardware if you want to go down the cam route is obviously heads off though.

[BLACKVE]

That's interesting, 99% sure my car (11/15) doesn't have afm

You have a VF2 with Ls3, no afm and 304kw if 11/15 build, series 2 build started late sep 15.

all series 2 V8s are same power ouput, sedan manual/ auto wagon caprice etc

same as ls1, a otr and tune heaps with power and economy

[gassit320]

Thanks all