Hey Ken, I finally got those 8.8 gears installed last night. Pattern'd pretty nicely with not too much dicking around, although I've yet to find a use for the "2.465" value scribed on the pinion head. Ended up having to add about .015" depth over the OEM gears and move the carrier away about .030.
In related news, I reinstalled the axles too and tested the E-locker, pretty cool how that whole thing works.
Did final welding on all the brackets, welded the tubes to the diff, just need to make the pads for the bumps to hit and the rear will be completely done.