Congrats on the new car. You may want to check out this article on our Project 854R. It's covers a lot of the stuff you mention. Otherwise, you may want to also call IPD and discuss it with them. They're a wealth of knowledge and the info I got from them helped substantially in the writing of that article.
http://www.swedespeed.com/features/project_cars/854/part3.shtml
http://www.swedespeed.com/features/project_cars/854/part3.shtml