Am I wrong to think that I can bleed both the clutch and brakes without a power bleeder? Attach clear tubing submerged in a bottle of hydraulic/brake fluid, open the bleeder and pump the clutch/brake?

I don’t see why not, but every single post I am finding is talking about a power bleeder... Am I missing something that’s unique to the 997.1 Turbo platform?

Clutch & brake are different circuits..The clutch is tied to the PS system and not the brakes.

I use a Motive bleeder to do the brakes, makes it easy to do myself..

For the clutch, you can use a bleeder but I didn't..

I understand they are separate, didn’t mean for it to come off that way. They are totally separate and each is bled on its own, I was just asking if the individual circuits can be bled without a power bleeder.

Sounds like you did just that, right? Good ole fashion open the bleeder, submerge bleed line into fluid and have someone pump the pedal?

As for the clutch and PS, do they really cross in our cars?? Are there any specific precautions/procedures considering this?

No power bleeder necessary, but it can be helpful. Same with a vacuum bleeder. After any disassembly, or in my most recent conversion to gt2 style - it is pretty hard to bleed. I use a helper and a vacuum bleeder, and it takes a lot of cycles and cadence changes to get all the air out of the system. Like 10-15 reps of 3-4 pumps of the pedal. This was the same with both the oem and gt2 slaves.

XP5C,
how does the power steering come into play? Should I be keeping an eye on the reservoir in the trunk as I go? Is the clutch bleeder simultaneously bleeding both the clutch and power steering and I should keep going till fluid is new and clean in both??