the problem may be solved!
Brandon at code3 had me send him a pic of the pulley, and noticed it seemed quite far from the clutch.
I measured it....1.5 mil. that's 6 times what it should be! He seems to think this would have a major impact. Thoughts?
I'll take it off,remove some shims and reinstall tommorow.
As a side note, i always have such a damn hard time bracing it when i remove, anyone got any fave tools/techniques to reccomend?