The five-match Test series gets under way at the Optus Stadium in Perth this week, where Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum's side will look to lay a marker.
That is a major boost for the tourists, who are searching for their first win Down Under since 2011/12 and just their sixth since the Second World War.
Ashes series tend to start in dramatic fashion – be it a booming Zak Crawley cover drive, Rory Burns's golden duck, or Steve Harmison's first ball wide to slip – in what often sets the tone for the rest of the series.
On making a strong start, he added: "It's going to be crucial, of course it is. England will really want to put the old flag in the ground and get off to a great start.
"I think it's going to be full throttle, it really is. I don't think there's going to be a backwards step from either side with those pace bowlers, the way we bat, the likes of Travis Head and those guys.
"I think it's going to be X-certificate but if we can get over the line or put in a really good performance, if we can nick that first Test match, wow. It'll go a hell of a long way to building that confidence in the side. You feel a bit taller walking around Australia. You just get that bit of swagger on."
He said: "You take on every layer of Australian society when you go over there, whether it's the bloke opening the bloody door at the hotel for you, the bloke making your breakfast or the guy driving the bus on the way to the ground. You know you're in it, you really do.
"The Barmy Army being there, the ex-pats being there and everything, it will go a long way to making sure they're not feeling they're all alone and out there against the whole of a country baying for their blood.
"It's just about feeling comfortable in those surroundings and feeling that you can go out there and play your natural game.
Tufnell knows all too well how tough it is to beat Australia, having not won the Ashes during an 11-year England career, but he never shied away from the hostile crowds.
"They're all big boys, they're all grown-ups, and they know how to handle themselves.
"You used to give them a bit of the old 'have a bit of that'. You try and get them on your side.
"I think there might be a chance if England get on a bit of a roll. They like to see that. They don't want to see a 5-0, they want to see a good competition and if we can give them that then that will go a long way to, not getting them on our side, but perhaps warming to us a little bit more."
"It's all been building to this," he said. "These little building blocks have all been sort of getting pushed in place. This is what it's all about now. It's been building to this. I think this is why everyone is so excited about it.
"That comes from the skip and how he leads them. There aren't too many backwards steps from Ben Stokes, so they'll be right behind. All the boys are right behind each other in this team, I tell you."
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