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To clear up my original thoughts.

In the OP....I mention it is a standard bracket and I will drill the green holes which are 6.5 inches below the original top holes.

Because this mount only has 3 holes of adjustment and the distance between lowest top hole and the highest bottom hole is 6.5 inches there will be no adjustment with the green holes. I like the idea of drilling the green holes instead of the yellow to avoid the bottom of the splash well. Mounting this engine with the green holes will leave the bracket 1.5 inches above the transom. Of course this would also allow mounting any other standard bracket in the future . I am going with this plan. Thanks guys for the feedback.

I know there are not many choices for this engine but could you recommend a prop for this setup Tom?