Barney-style 83/4 build

Does the size of the yoke really matter for a street car? Like I said, I don't really plan on makin this a monster, just a nice daily-able car. Is it worth the money to change to larger yokes?

I know next to nothing about drivetrain, so anything from the transmission back, I need to know basically all the technical stuff. All I know for sure is that 3.55 is probably the hearing in gunning for down the road cuz it gives good response and decent mpg (yes I am factoring mpg into this build, sorry!)