New clutch setup won't disengage

Valve springs in, plug wires made. Back to the clutch! This afternoon I had a helper slowly depress the pedal while I watched the fork. It starts to move immediately with the pedal, but only travels 3/4" (at the hole/rod) with the pedal on the floor. I bled the system again, but no air bubbles came out. The slave I'm using (a Howe #829) is capable of 1-1/8" stroke. Master is a Wilwood 260-1304 with a 3/4" bore (the larger one, they also make a 5/8").

So at this point it looks like I don't have enough fork travel. I think it should be about 1". My overall pedal to fork ratio must be too (numerically) high... it doesn't feel as "stiff" as a clutch for 500 hp should be, either, although I don't have a scale to measure it with.

Possible ways to fix it:
1) even bigger bore master, but might run out of stroke in the slave,
2) remove the clutch pedal and cut/reweld the linkage to the master,
3) drill a 1/4" hole in the fork closer to the pivot, for the pull cylinder rod.

I think I'm going with #3. A moderate PITA to drill it lying under the car with the fork installed but I don't dare yank it out because I can't get a hand in there to get the TO spring clips back on the fork... at least I have a decent Milwaukee right-angle drill!