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You can respace the the wheel and then adjust the dish so that the rim is centered overthe axle/hub. It's not that hard to do if you take your time .
I've used 7 of 8 cogs without a problem.
7 and 8 speed center to center are so close you should be able to use your 8-speed shifter in index mode. Even better if you do the fine tuning on the middle cog instead of the smallest cog. That minimizes any discrepancy between 7 and 8 speed cassettes.
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