90s jet a 90 horse before or after jet?

[semojetman]

I am looking at buying a mid 90s Yamaha outboard that is a jet.
How can I tell if it is a higher horse motor that is badged a 90 HP because of the jet or if it is a 90HP before the jet was figured, so now its like a 65??

 

[Whoopbass]

Check out this link:
https://www.boats.net/parts/search/Yamaha/Outboard/parts.html
Scroll down a tad then the year is listed by a letter and if its a factory jet it will have a "J" in the serial #. It might be kind of confusing so I would call a dealer that deals in Yamaha's and give them the serial # and have them run it.
If I was going to plunk down the amount of cash it's going to take to buy that motor then I would in the least take it for a test run but you would probably be better off having a mechanic check it out.

 

[semojetman]

The motor is actually on a boat I'm looking to buy.

I'm going to test run it, but for the money I'm going to get it for I'm pretty comfortable.

p.s. Thanks for the link.