New clutch installed and bad wheel hop?

Are you saying that the clutch pedal is almost all the way to the top before the clutch engages? That’s wrong. As is typical when not using a Borg & Beck cover on cars designed for them, the clutch linkage ratios are wrong.

What are you saying here? That the Borg and Beck SHOULD release close to the top? I ask because that's what I have in the Valiant, since that's what it came with. It releases pretty close to the top and it's always felt fine.