It would have to hold it down too, or else when you put the engine in reverse, it would shoot itself out of the water.
I slide the 2X inbetween the bracket and engine horizontally, not vertical, and it keeps plenty high.
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Things done at the last possible minute are done with the greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the most efficient means of doing things.