need some transmission help, not for a celica, but basic concept the same Options

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well im helping a buddy with his civic, he's swapping a k24 into his ek hatch, we got everything ready and it runs just about fine until we get it tuned. well the issue we are stuck on is there is something wrong with the clutch system. the clutch pedal has a lot of back pressure on it, and its only a simple clutch, so it shouldnt be that hard to depress the pedal. we've bled the damn system a helofalot of times so thats not the issue, also in the process of bleeding the system we've blown 2 master cylinders and 3 slave cylinders on it. we are stuck. plus when u press in the pedal, the slave cylinder doesnt have the full motion it should. i hope we dont have to drop the tranny again, cuz this thing has been a headache as it is, and we cant start my swap until we finish his, but we are thinking it has something to do with the pressure plate, any info guys? help me out...

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we can drive it and it goes into gears, but just barely, like we can get it to shift, but it feels like there should be more ease in shifting the gears... im thinking we have to drop the tranny again, i just want to cover all bases first cuz like i said, more down time for him equals more time before we get my project under way, and i cant wait for my swap