Reading the tea leaves (or is it starting a fight) about ring gear patterns..
I am gonna check it in two more places on the ring and see if the pattern is the same. If it is, I will call it good. The car is probably 10-12 months out from needing this, so I can mull it over. I know my next closest shim stack put me at 2.7715 (as opposed to 2.7695 that is in it now) and the printed spec on the pinion is 2.770.