my name is tony i have always been a die hard toyota fan until last month when my celica gts turbo project started overheating and my toyota pickup's electrical decided to fry out and make me rewire the whole trucks fuel system anyway i sold both my toyota's bought my fiance a tiburon yuck! and was looking for a low milage vehicle on craigslist i searched for about two weeks for a rwd vehicle under 100k then i stumbled upon the ad 83 mazda rx7 44000 original miles 1500 obo i thought no way i called and was told it had minor body damage but ran geat so i set off to buy it with 950 in my pocket hoping for a miracle after bartering i convinced him to take his nice rims and stereo out and sell me the car for 950 now i am on my quest to make a begginers drift car but i know nothing about rotary engine's

 

Well, thanks for registering and welcome aboard, Tony! I've got an '83 GS myself. There's going to be a ton of things you'll be able to learn about your '83 chassis and the 12A rotary engine that is its heart.

Congratulations on the find!

Mario III

 

thank you so much i barley know how the egine works or how much mods are even capable

 

Well, how they work is pretty simple on the inside, it's all the interactions of the stock system on the outside that gets ya. All of it is there to get the engine to pass emissions. There's several write-ups on how to eliminate parts of it if you're in a county that doesn't do the emission thing and you don't have an eco-conscious about the environment or the Earth's future role as a place for humans to live on.

Modifications are also straightforward. What works on the older muscle cars will generally work on a rotary 12A engine. You just need to make sure to optimize the cooling system first, then the oiling specs and then ignition. Once that tune-up is done, more fun can be had w/o fear of killing the engine. Just be warned. The 12A is not going to ever turn into some 200+ hp monster easily, so don't expect that result.

 

Cool! I'm also a Toyota person here with an AE86 and SC300. Signed up on this forum because I'm thinking of purchasing an FD. So hopefully maybe some of my questions can be answered on the forum