Thanks for the response. The warp settings not saving has been a frustrating issue for sure. What's weird is that I have prior sessions within the same vid where the clip warp settings WERE saved and give no problems. Adobe shows 4gigs as the min for Premiere. My 8gigs were working slowly but were pegging the mem and CPUs. Earlier they were not pegging, and after I posted I had some good sessions that were slow but tolerable. Then it went back to being gummed up.
Sooo I went out and bought 16 gigs and moved the project to a new Passport 2T usb3 drive. Things are still slow but quicker than before for sure. I haven't noticed if it is saving the warp settings after the new mem. I had finished all the clips when it was working for a bit before the 16gig purchase.
Otherwise, Premiere 2014 CC seems to be cranking along and sucking most of the new 16 gigs. But again, it seems a bit happier with 16!
Thanks for the answers!