Hello from Arizona

I'm a garage monkey. Years ago I got my masters in Computer Engineering. In college I was on a FSAE team where we designed, built, tuned, etc a open wheel racecar. Kind of wet my appetite for tinkering! I built up a 1994 Z28 Camaro during that time and unsuccessfully tried tuning it. I caved in and ordered a mail order tune. I traded that car for a C5 Corvette but value my knuckles so I purchased a similar vintage truck a few years ago to tinker with and explore the dusty trails down here. I've not stopped turning wrenches since then. I build a: LQ9 6.0L for the truck, a 4L60E, transfer case, pretty well rebuilt and upgraded everything down to even some of the electronics. Gotten to a point where it's hard to find a knowledgeable base to chat with about concepts and projects I'm doing. Most recently I'm fiddling with some automotive electronic designs and hope to get equipment to design a few mechanical items I have concepts for too. My friends that run shops don't rebuild much, they service vehicles and that's about it. I think they cuvette the idea of building a custom rig but don't have the time so nice to find a group of folks to learn and share with.