overclock the gpu http://www.overclock.net/t/517861/how-to-overclocking-ati-cards-in-linux. if you look here https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison your getting around whats expected at gpu engine speed 1000. If runs unstabe you may need to up the voltage if temps allow.
Sounds fantastic , what settings you
made here:
aticonfig --odsc=???,???
After looking into it more it looks like you would have to flash your gpu with a modified bios. I use winblows and normally use afterburner to overclock. That been said have flashed the odd card and is fairly straight forward to do.