CLUTCH HELP

So are you saying that the clutch fingers are not being pushed in fare enough ? I have heard of guys adding length to the clutch rod.
Yes, that is a possibility. If you cut the actuating arm, you can potentially loose travel (arc), and with a Mopar/diaphragm combination you barely have enough travel in the first place.
If anything, you would want to increase the length of the arm that pushes the adjustment rod. If you are able to get the T/O bearing against the fingers, you pretty much have the adjustment needed already. Lengthening the rod would not have any benefit. If your T/O bearing is touching the fingers, and you still don't have enough travel for "plate departure"/gap, there is something wrong with the "throw", someplace. If you have cut the arm and rewelded it, it's possible that you shortened it's "effective arc", the original length arm barely has enough arc in the first place
But, you can't really lengthen it arbitrarily either, if you do, the geometry will go wrong quickly.
Just mentioning it as a possibility.