Hi Chris,
I hope to be finished with my emp soon, so here are the sites I've used and found quite helpful.
http://n999za.wordpress.com/ Andrew has been a bit quite recently, probably work. His site is fun to read and he keeps good, detailed information about his steps.
http://www.jasonbeaver.com/rv7/ Jason's craftsmanship is very good, and he captures good detail about his steps.
http://www.rvplane.com/ Though he is now finished and flying, Mike's site is also well done and has great info on it.
My site is linked below, but I don't believe I am nearly as detailed a chronicler as the guys I've listed above.
Vans support should be your definitive stop for answers. VAF is great for many things, but when it comes down to "is this safe", "should I re-do this", "is this part defective" questions that are going to require a bit of subjective analysis, seek help from
support@vansaircraft.com. They are usually very prompt and likely you're not the first to ask it....I probably already did a few weeks ago.
Happy building!