2.66 low gear vs close ratio

I have been following this thread as well. I'm in the planning stages of building my 82 D150 2Wd shortbed into a street bruiser. It's currently a /6 833 OD. I Have been looking at the passion 18 spline drop in kit because I'm going to be building a 400 based stroker so need something to support the power but would really like to keep OD on this build.

But now AJ has got me thinking a regular 833 and gear vendor might be my ticket.