i am a mazda freak, i have a 1992 protege that i have converted to a completely JDM Infini Familia.
A family member of mine purchased an 84 (i believe) GSL new off the dealers showroom floor in 1988. he has lived in japan and left the car with another family member. only driving it when he is in the country. the car has 60K original miles on it. the interior is needs a good cleaning, the paint job was switched from a gunmetal/silver to an ugly champagne paintjob, which was done in mexico . needless to say the paintjob is shot all to hell by now. but the body is dent free.

now from what i have read is has an LSD (it has rear discs). so it sounds like a good base for a project. i dont want him to just get rid of it, i would like to keep it in the family. my concern is that because it is older, and carb'd it will be difficult for me. im self taught as far as doing my own work goes, and i think im pretty compotent. i have the JDM turbo engine for my Familia in my garage, however i dont have the money to buy all the little stuff to swap it in. i can however sell the engine for ~$1,000. i can probably get the RX7 from my family member for around the same price. i want to restore the RX7 to its OEM glory and do some power upgrades.

i guess what im asking is, is the learning curve on the carborated rotarys fairly easy to grasp? reading all the stuff in the FAQ and in these threads has me a bit scared, but i see the great community among rotary drivers (they always wave to eachother and are friendly) and its nice. Feedback is much appreciated.

 

Pick up a Haynes manual from the store for less than $20...

Hit up the following:

http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.com
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm

There was another that showed excellent porting pictures and Otto cycle comaprisons between rotary and reciprocating engines, but I can't remember the URL.

Trust me. It's a VERY easy car to work on... I always say I can climb under the hood and shut it and still have room to work... When you drop tools, they hit the ground rather than hide in the engine bay somewhere...

Get it, you won't regret it. Though admittedly, it isn't powerful at all out of the box...

 

i drive a mazda protege the one FB i have raced at a 1/8 mile track was dead even with me

i appreciate the feedback. ill read up.