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@Halbert
To make it clear. I have a friend who actually rides 8spd chorus gruppo, albeit the wheels are 9-10-11spd ED splined Mavic Aksiums. Why mention it?
Because Mavic lower-end wheels (even Ksyrium Equipe/Elite) used STEEL FREEHUB BODY, furthermore, a Mavic Black Lockring is PROVIDED WITH THE WHEELSET for the ExaDrive splined models. Thereby you only need a 8spd cassette, and can even spare the lockring :)
Apparently due to the different types of lockrings campy hubs use, you often need different lockring than the original 8spd to fit those cassettes to modern hubs. But mavic fortunately adresses this by providing the lockring with the wheels which are also come with steel freehub body.
Given the price of Aksiums at www.bike24.com
http://www.bike24.com/1.php?content=8;navigation=1;menu=1000,4,123,30;product=65369
they can be a nice weightreducing catch for any of the folk who's running 8spd campagnolo :)
by the way, is there anyone who actually tried to re-space an 8spd shimano cassette with beercan spacers (the beercan has thickness of 0.2mm, which is EXACTLYY what's needed) or used spacers from 7spd cassettes with 8spd cogs to achieve the required 5.0mm campagnolo 8spd spacing? Will the freehub has enough space to accept the cassette?
thank you :) ^^