More throttle linkage questions.

Alright. So I finally put the edlebrock adapter (1481) but now I'm having kickdown linkage problems.

It seems like the threaded rod is too short.

In this picture, the rod is as far forward as it will go/adjust:



(The spring is just holding it forward so I can take the picture.)

I have the end adjusted out as far as it will go.

And one more thing is the angle of that rod:



I can flip it to the other side and it's not as bad, but it seems like it should go this way? I'm not sure.

Anybody know what's up with this?

Is there a longer rod I should be using, or should I just use a spring to hold the linkage back like TrailBeast has? (seems like I have a bigger gap that TB though.)

Thanks for any insight you can provide.