WHO'S THE NEW GUY?

[Jakyat]

Hello all,
I'll introduce myself as Jake. In a sense , I'm a newbie, however I have built a high end 2,2 crawler from scratch. I'm coming into this hobby again to attempt a 420" W/B 8X8 KW C500 bed truck. Being that I have spent the last 25 years working around oilfield transportation equipment, and the fact that I am a little crafty, I just may get lucky.
I'm hoping I can barter some of my equipment knowledge ideas for some help with resources from some of you guys.
I've purchased a king hauler as a base just to see how these things are put together. I am already trying to source out diffies, frame rails, and suspension. I'm interested in the rc4wd Blackwell diffs.
Definitely interested in any leads,suggestion or such to help getting this build going.