Quoted from Richthofen:The fact that we are going to gut and dump a ton of money into this basement means we are gonna be here until I retire, and hopefully longer than that.
82.5" is short. I'd get a quote on digging out the basement to give you at least 9 foot ceilings. If you are going to be there for a bit then might as well make it the way you want it (if you can that is).