I did my learning on a $200 engine in a rusted out shit box, understandably you’ll be more conservative learning with what you’ve got
There’s a few guys on here that have some good tuning experience, granted with different platforms. In the end it’s mostly just VE tables and timing so there is some cross reference
Ummduh has a good thread going in the ford section
Tuning EFI
And my shitbox thread has a little tuning info (mostly me fumbling through the learning curve)if you skip towards the end and sift through the bs
Modern 4 cylinder swap options