[blykins]

You can adjust the size of the master cylinder and get the correct pedal feel for you. If you decrease the size of the master cylinder vs. the slave cylinder, you get less pedal resistance, but the travel increases. Of course when you use a large master vs slave, the pedal resistance is high, but you don't have to push as hard.

There are a couple of factors that would make a clutch hard to push...probably the biggest factor is the master/slave sizes. When you start getting into 3000lb pressure plates (Long style and Borg & Beck style), they're hard to engage anyway.

Hydraulic setups are easy....you just have to know how to set them up.

I had the most luck with a Wilwood slave cylinder and a Wilwood 3/4" master cylinder.