I suggest you try it with the assist spring out, just pull it. Pulled mine 2 years ago and the feel could not be better, that was the first mod I had to do to the car. The clutch action drove me crazy, and I have been driving a clutch for 45 years. The clutch engagement is very predictable and linear with the spring gone.
You will hear some crap on the internet about problems pulling and running without the spring may cause, that is only scare tactics to get you to buy an aftermarket spring. I have 19,000 miles with the clutch spring out and the car drives drives like new.
It's not scare tactics. The aftermarket spring is simply a placeholder to keep the weight of the clutch pedal from sagging and constantly activating the cylinder.
It's not unlike people who constantly drive with their left foot on the clutch pedal and have it slightly engaged. Over time, it just wears out the master cylinder which is therefore constantly working.
Can you yank the spring and not have issues? Sure. But for $12 is it really worth risking? The aftermarket spring doesn't have enough K value to change the feel from no spring at all. I'm no stranger to saving money, but to buy a $60k+ car and then worry about $12 seems a bit off balance to me.
We can all agree that the factory "assist" spring for the clutch is horrible and one of the first things you should replace.
I did NOT go for purchasing the new clutch perches as I would agree, THAT is a bit of scare tactics, if the factory perches fail, I'll spend the money on a better mousetrap. But a failed spring perch and a failed master cylinder are oceans apart in terms of potential cost/impact.