I was going to put it in an early bronco housing...

Is there a high pinion 8.8 rear?

I was looking at the high pinion in a 9" housing as I'm going to be pretty darn short with a rear drive shaft...I know there would be some tradeoffs in strength with a "reverse rotation" rear but thought having a high pinion set up would save some headaches with drivelines and give some more clearance...

and i was thinking the same thing as you with the truehi9 having custom cut gears...