Thanks Rajeevvp! You did it again!!
I had given up on this ROM and decided to dump it. I just tried all four things and there is a NOTICEABLE improvement. I could not use the device previously, now it is very responsive.
Ray
Am running this settings as Rajeewp suggested and it has being super fast so far. From changing Userdebug----user to the other ones this a super deal for now will report back if anything changes for better . my minifree i set to 75mb