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Cocco - figure that that is a carbed V-4, right? It certainly will weigh less than a carbed V-6 so you can check evinrude.com and get an idea that way. There is probably specs in an outboard repair manual too...
As far as the transom, there are several things to keep in mind. The transom, when new may have been rated for say a 125 HP outboard (wild a$$ guess plucked from air). Now that 125 in 1975 measured horsepower at the flywheel. Current engines are rated HP at the prop so a 2002 125 might be equivalent to a 1975 140 - just something to keep in mind.
Second thing, if you have this boat and are considering a repower, you are going to want to make certain that the transom is not rotted. I'm not familiar with that boat but typically, the transom ideally would have been made up of 2 pieces of resin impregrnated, 1/2 inch plywood boards encased in fiberglass. The only problem is that water may have gotten in there and rotted out the wood. In which case the actual load rating of the transom now could be a lot less than when it was new. Does the transom flex when the motor is raised up/down out of the water? You may widh to have a marine shop or a surveyor do a core sampling on the transom. It would not be fun to repower for several thousand bucks only to find the transom cannot safely support the engine...
Rebuilding a transom is not the easiest thing in the world to do or something to be taken lightly - this is from what I have seen and the people I have talked to that have done one or more transom rebuilds...
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