Now that winter has arrived, I'll blow the dust off of this thread. The bleeding method is recirculation. I am going to change the rear hose on the car to see where that takes me. I have also since, changed the rear calipers to a Seville type caliper (smaller caliper for smaller wheels).
I have also been considering changing to a manual master cylinder. I currently have a CPP offset booster and frankly, am not too impressed with it (binds up when things are properly tightened). Ill update when I change the rear hose.

Thanks,

Tim