I was thinking I might try to take apart my RX8 and attempt a rebuild. The car flooded and lost compression shortly afterward. Is there anyone in the New England area who might be able to offer some guidance or advice?

 

Cars rarely just up and lose compression. Is that based on a compression test? There are several other reasons it might flood and run poorly.

In any case, the best advice I can give is trade your engine as core for a known good rebuild from a professional. High mileage rotaries are rarely rebuildable without replacing big parts and it's very very expensive to do a rebuild with your used parts only to have to do it again in a year.

 

Where are you at, I am basically in the center of new england. There really isn't any rebuilder shops in the area, but I can help out. Ill shoot you a PM

 

Brian at RogueRotaries can do most anything rotary. Includes rebuilds to custom wire harnesses/ aftermarket ECUs and full dyno tuning on most anything not just rotaries. He has been at it quite a few years. Business phone 802 779-3311 5746 US Rt.4 Bridgewater Corners, Vt. 05035. I'm not affiliated with his business by the way, just one of his friends and customers. When I'm ready to send it to him I plan to have him rebuild my S2, build a wiring harness and program/tune an M800 MoTec to run it as it will have some modifications and be used in a different chassis.
As Loki said, mistakes on a rebuild can be costly, getting it right the first time is important. He could at least steer you in the right direction to meet your goals. Be prepared for sticker shock when rebuilding a rotary though. A quality basic rebuild kit (Apex seals, springs, gaskets, etc.) will run you around $3500. Let alone having to replace any hard parts that are worn or broken. Worth it in my opinion obviously but others disagree.

 

Thanks for the advice! After looking into it more, I don't think it's lost compression, more likely that a rotor isn't firing properly. I'm going to change out the spark plugs, coils and hopefully that fixes it for the time being.