Mate, do yourself a favour and head down to your local when the winds blowing and hang around some guys that look like they know what there doing. Look, listen and ask questions. That way you'll have a bit more of an idea what to ask on the forums. It just may save you from some of the grumpy old barstards on the forum tearing you apart later with the usual " use the forum search tab" crap.
good luck mate.