D4B Hood Clearance?

Following Up with an alternative kick down linkage solution:
I was trying to mock up a bracket as dplasmeier suggested but I am ending up going a different direction that looks like it will work out. Instead of using the top hole position on the edelbrock early A throttle linkage I used the lower one for the kick-down as it appears to have a more similar radius to the 2 barrel that came off resulting in less linear movement of the rod. (Maybe everyone else already knew this but I didn't.) Using the top position (where the throttle cable goes) seemed like it would restrict throttle position from going WOT and I was having an issue creating a transmission kick-down linkage with a large enough radius to accommodate for the added linear movement while avoiding the electrical connection block directly above the bell crank.
As for the kick-down rod. I have taken a 318 2 barrel rod that has a series of bends and cut about a 1.25" section out of it back to the factory 2 barrel bell crank. The 318 rod accommodates for the height difference and the position difference.
I will update with pictures later this week after I get the 340 4 barrel throttle bracket in.