TN Father and Son Coupe Build - Need to grind spacers for Konis?

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Our kit finally arrived today! I'm excited and overwhelmed. My son (14) is just excited. I've never done anything nearly this mechanically intense before. I've upgraded my ChatGPT account to try to keep from bothering you all with too many stupid questions, but I know we're going to need a lot of help and confirmations that we've done things right.

We ordered our kit while we were at the build school last December. It was completed Feb 7th and we received it today, April 8th. We ordered our engine a couple of weeks after the class and received it at the end of March.

It's a 30th Anniversary Kit with regular fiberglass body. We kept it pretty basic for now with just power steering, hydraulic clutch kit, in-tank fuel pump. Engine is a BluePrint 347 with Holley Sniper 2 and Tremec TKX transmission.

I have a million thoughts running through my mind right now. But to start:

1. What sorts of things should I be doing AFTER I finish my inventory, but BEFORE I start bolting on the steering rack to make the process go smoother? Don't be afraid to say the obvious things.

2. When the time comes, should I consider swapping the McLeod throwout bearing for a Tilton before installing the engine/transmission?

3. Should I go ahead and just order Tilton Master Cylinders now? Or are the Wilwoods fine? I just feel like I've seen a lot of posts about people having issues

4. Any instructions or methods the manual gives that you would ignore and do differently?

I feel like I've learned quite bit just from spending hours on the forums the last few months. It has been so nice to see how friendly and supportive everyone is. Thanks in advance for all of the help we're going to need!

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