Originally Posted by
Mark75H
Exactly correct.
Reed stop is a misnomer, they stop harmonic vibration of the reed, not limit opening distance (on most motors). On a few motors Mercury lowered the stop height to reduce the power in a second tier motor (115 vs 135, etc), but I do not know of any other motors where the maker set them lower causing a power decrease. Generally reed stops are there to increase reed life, no other reason. If you want the reeds to break, by all means, remove the "stops"
Boysen "Dual Stage" type reeds are their own vibration dampeners and probably don't need stops on most motors
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