Update:
Picked the car up this afternoon, new clutch feels wonderful and I understand what he meant about the shifter feel. It is very stiff moving left to right, like its binding. The ring gear was mangled from a high torque starter that I had installed that did not work well with the ring gear.
The bell housing had collected the metal and it was grinding, and sticking to the magnetic crank sensors. they tidied up a lot of the hoses and wires that I had routed incorrectly. He was also not thrilled with the DME and my choice of chip,(he suggested sending it to Steve Wong to have the DME checked and get a chip.
I did have to add 4 qts of oil when I got home after a 70 mile drive. I am hoping it was either not filled all the way or it was the Liqui-Moly oil they used and I burned more. My wife said it was smoking when we left the shop for a few blocks(it usually doesn't have visible smoke).
Did I mention how smooth the clutch feels!
I had a little sticker shock with the cost, but I have that a lot lately.
Four qts of oil was too much, I'm about .25" from the top dimples on the stick so I would guess I put about an extra quart.