Looking for more pep off the line

I'm a fan of the Engine Masters show, having a good tune is important for making power and optimizing an engine. I'm a novice at tuning but I'm doing my best to learn how to become better.
Tune up and tuning for performance are entirely different. Tuning for performance goes above and beyond a standard tune up. I know by how you are responding that you already know that, I just wanted to reiterate. Performance tuning can mean the difference between a dead dog and a total tire melter. I can take a stone stock 318 two barrel and add gobs of power through performance tuning and not change one single "big" part.