Okay just to start I am very new to rotary life. I have always LOVED these cars and just never had one. I grew up building cars and went to school for mechanics and work as a mechanic. Back to rotary talk.
I boss recently got one of these cars (I believe it is an 83 not sure though) and didnt know what to do with it. So I told him I wanted it. He gave it to me for what he paid for it. So I got the car for 200 bucks!!
all the drivetrain is there. It's pretty rough though. Obviously needs some help. I'll post pictures tomorrow.
So now on to my real questions. What should I do now? My boss has an rx8 motor and trans that hes willing to sell me and I dont know if I should do that, or rebuild the 12a and turbo it. Either way I want to turbo it. Another question, is there a way to convert a 12a to fuel injection?
any suggestions are comments are greatly appreciated!!!

 

If you want to go turbo and are ready to swap, the Renesis and the 12A are not the best candidate, get a 13B from an FC TII or an FD.

 

Welcome to forum

 

A 12A can be turboed with a carb, but once you get everything done it's just easier to have gotten a Turbo II 13B from a second get. Preferable an S4.

It's also too much work to try and fuel inject a 12A. It's just easier to get a NA 13B S4.

Why not try and get what you have running first?

 

I would like to try and get the car running first but i dknt even know where to start. It's been sitting for a while from what it looks like and there's no air filter on it so I dont know how long it's been like that. and I dont know if it ran before.
I would like to run a compression test and go from there but I dont know if i want to crank it over and stuck a bunch of stuff into it. How could i avoid this??

 

Would love to see some pictures of the car!

The Renesis engine swap would be a ton of work and could be a frustrating task for someone new to the rotary world. I would personally see what you have there and being that the 12A is built like a tank, there's a good chance that it may still run. you may want to add some Marvel Mystery Oil down the carb and let it run down into the engine. Pull the plugs and check their condition and try and turn the engine over by hand, working the MMO into the engine and let it sit. The MMO will help the engine by melting some of the carbon away and lubricating the seals. You can later turn the engine over with the starter with the plugs removed and listen for three even pulses. This would give you a base line of knowing if there is even compression on all rotor faces.