XRAY - Model racing cars

Ok so I am on the final assembly of my NT18T, the Picco sitting nicely in place. took my time doing things right, thinking I'll be outside tomorrow breaking this setup in...then as I was finishing the throttle linkage install I notice that the throttle on the Picco cannot fully open the carb because it hits into the compostite top deck ?!?!? WTF happened? From what I see unless I dremel out the composite top deck, or modify the throttle rod on the carb Im screwed and its back to the Toki.
Also the eyelet on the end of the throttle rod fits real sloppy on the ball for the throttle which doesnt seem to cool either

So can someone tell me how they got thier Picco carb to open all the way? And what about the sloppy throttle rod connection?? Did I miss something here??

The carb throw on the Toki is less than the Picco.I removed a bit of material on the top center deck and rotated the carb CCW a bit to clear the deck.As for the sloppy fit of the linkage I did have that problem and I had a smaller rod end in my extra parts.