SO - Step one: I built me a cheapo Harbor Freight car dolly! My little shop is a detached garage, that's 12' wide, 35 feet long, so I'll have to be creative with where I stack and stow the body, frame and parts. I'll be moving things around a lot. So this set up really worked well during my build, until I could get tires and wheels on the ground.
A naked frame! Lets start sticking parts on it!
So, I dig into the Hurricane Motorsports build manual, first task: Rear Axle Assembly. I go "gulp!" The first thing I have to put together will eventually take all that torque from the motor and transfer it to the big fat tires on the ground?! Oh Lord... Well, it turned out to be not so difficult, other than muscling around really, really heavy parts. I ordered mine with the Ford 9" limited slip differential, 3.50:1 gear ratio. It didnt take long to learn I would need to make a wooden saddle for it to sit in during assembly, which really helped.
I installed the differential, backing plates, axles, rotors, calipers according to the instructions. Next was installation.
I assembled the heim joints in the swedge tubes, lefty thready, righty thready. Assembled the QA-1 coil over rear shocks.
Next I had to somehow dead lift this whole mess into position under the frame. Did I mention I'm doing 99% of this all on my own? Thats okay, I can manage. My 78 year old dad comes and helps me occasionally, in fact he really wants to help a lot, but he lives 50 miles away and not always available when I need help. But anyway, I got it under the frame, then lifted it up in place suspended by nylon ratchet straps.
Now we arrive at what I call "learning opportunity #1". The manual instructs me to install the trailing arms using 5/8" x 3.5" bolts. Okay, so these bolts are way too SMALL for the heim joints and the mount holes on the frame. They will flop all over the place! A call to Hurricane Motorsports the next day, and I learn that a 5/8" bolt does NOT mean a bolt that a 5/8" socket fits on. Duh. Okay, duly noted. I knew that, I really did. But boy did I feel dumb.
Once I got the RIGHT box of bolts out, I measured and cut down spacers to go on either side of the heim joints, bolted it all up. Next up, the front suspension.