[Blue94VR4]

Alright, here is what I did today. I read your second reply too late, so I did not do all the things you've mentioned.

With engine off, I can engage all gears fine, with little effort. I can do it w/ or w/o clutch disengaged.

With engine idling, I have real hard time engaging 1st gear. Other gears are ok, but still not as easy as with engine off. Couple of time when I was trying to engage 1st gear I could feel my whole drivetrain engaging for a second.

At one point I engaged reverse and drove the car for a bit. However, when I disengaged the clutch, I had real hard time pushing the lever into neutral. It felt like the gear was still engaged.

Also, like i said earlier, it's only hard the first time with clutch out, the second time is fine. If I release the clutch and then press it again, it's back to square one.

Since everything is fine with engine off, I think I can rule out linkage issues, right? So it has to be the clutch. It's a new SPEC II clutch, installed instead of the old stock one. I installed new slave cyl as well and bled the lines. You mentioned 2 possible issues: dragging and overextending. Do you think they are still both possible, or, it sounds like dragging?

I am going to look through the manual for clutch adjustment. I know that I am supposed to turn something, but I am not sure what, which way, and by how much. Are there some specs I can follow?

Thanks a lot for your help!
Sergey

PS: I'll try your 7000RPM trick tomorrow
PSS: Oops, I wont be able to do it, since I am still breaking in new bearings. I am trying not to push above 3000-4000 for the first 200 miles. I'll try 4000 though.