92 tranny in 90. no forward gears.. help

Okay so i swapped a 92 shep tranny into my 90. I used everything from the 92 shift fork, shifter base assembly, cables and everything. the car works great in reverse but doesn't work correctly in any forward gears. If shifts into every gear fine but when trying to move in first it feel likes its in 5th and the clutch will start smoking like a mother trucker. The only thing i can think of is i replaced the stock flywheel with a fidenza flywheel and only torqued it to stock specs along with the pressure plate. but would that cause this issue? please let me know your thoughts.

If it goes into reverse and moves fine but not any forward gears id be willing to bet its a damaged transmission. That or you don't have the shifter linkage adjusted correctly