I guess I took his comment a little to heart being there is an LS based motor residing in between my frame rails. Does it get tuned on the dyno by me, sure. Do I analyse a lot of data from the dyno and the track. You betcha. But what decently fast racer doesn't look at data. In that respect, we are all "tuners"
As mentioned earlier in this thread, I know a 17 year old that started building his LS based truck when he was 15. I promise it would run a solid mid-low 12 at the strip NA. Given it doesn't have the 5.3 in it anymore and runs a 408ci LS motor.
My point, don't assume all LS guys are stuck up and slow