L31MaxExpress
I'm Awesome
I've thought about learning things myself. It's not the computer part that scares me, as I work IT down here in Dallas. It's the math behind the tuning itself and, again, the wiring. I'm sure if I sat myself down with a couple of books on tuning and experimented on it for a weekend or so, I could probably get a decent base line tune setup for the truck. If/when I bring nitrous into the equation, it'll be conservative. Maybe 100 shot. Something small just for a little bit of fun. Definitely not trying to melt the engine.
I do most of my VE and MAF table tuning with a simple Excel spreadsheet.
I wouldn't go with a 4.8 unless I were putting a turbo on it. The 4.8s are gutless excuses for a V8.