There are numbers on the block where the transmission connects to the motor right on the top write down the numbers and cross check them on the web there are a lot of sites where you cad run motor...
The starter in a boat is sealed so that it can't ignite an explosion of fumes in the bilge.You could put a boat starter in a car, but it would be very dangerous to put a car starter in a boat.
Yes....generation by generation. Some of the later models switched the two center bolts a little so that they bolt straight up and down. If it's aluminum, this is pretty easy to modify by elongating...