I agree I'd like to see more thread engagement. But I have no problem w/ the pedal position. I always set mine up so the clutch is higher than the brake. I feel like the brake is going to move about 2 inches. The clutch may need 4 inches. So I like to start w/ the clutch pedal higher. As Jacob said, "Edit: I seem to remember that as my clutch components wore together, I needed less pedal travel to disengage the clutch. So, you may find you can screw the plunger rod into the clevis a bit more as the moving parts get to know each other." Back in the 70s brother and I had a 2 man import car shop. We often found that replacement clutches would not fully disengage. We fixed that often by some extra clutch slipping on a test drive. Kind of a forced quicker wear-in process.