[willy]

Like I told you in the PM's it works on my boat, and I believe it is because it is 25"s and because mine was installed too high to begin with. But also because I have a 115hp 4cyl.
I think it will handle a Suzuki 140 or a two stroke 150 but I would not want to put more back there.
Some of the rips I drift thru have come close as it is to the bottom of the motor. Though I have been in some nasty swells thru the inlets and it was fine. My freinds 25"Grady dunked it's standard mount outboard almost too high a couple of times when we drifted the rocks in Barnegat Inlet on some tough days. I would be leary if the bracket was not a positive flotation type in my opinion.
A couple of years ago I went to Lake George NY to sea trial a nice V20 there that had a pro installed 30" Armstrong bracket and a 200 HP Johnson engine. If you did not watch your arse coming off plane it would dunk the back of the engine cowling. Too much weight too far back. It was one of the reasons I did not buy that boat.
When I sea trialed Old School with Fillet1 I drove that puppy hard and came off plane in the swells trying to dunk it and could not.
Again I think it is because it is a 28" positive flotation bracket
it is a 115 hp 2 stroke
And it was installed a couple of inches high to begin with which I corrected but it is still at least 1-2 inches higher than what the manufactures say is ideal