Once again, you certainly are stubborn, is this your normal behavior? I don't see where I attempted to give anybody any advice, oh wait, you gave yours though didn't you. Second, you have no idea who I am, what I have done, where I will be next or what I am capable of. I will look into the ACT heavy duty pressure plate and clutch though. Now, I ask the OP to please forgive me for all this OFF TOPIC chatter, keyboard experts really make the forum experience trying.

 

lol. things hot a little heated in here pretty quick.
And I have had the "errruuuggh" when releasing the clutch before (even with the car not turned on) but I am not sure if it is currently present.
This manifests itself more as the car takes two hands to put it into reverse most days (I'm an athletic 22 y/o male)

If i sit on flat pavement with the car out of gear and rev and hold the car at 4k rpm, the car does not move.

Slip it into first and rev and hold at 4k rpm (clutch in) and the car will start rolling and will eventually hit 5mph or so (only did this once). Pull it out of gear and it stops moving. Put it in reverse and it starts going in reverse.

It has gotten better (read easier to shift) since changing the slave+master cylinders, but it is still not smooth by any means (as smooth as this beat-to-hell tranny is when the car is off that is)