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Me and some friends were talking at lunch today about our cars. One of my friends has a 2000 Mazda Miata, 4 banger of course, 5 speed, CAI, and some goofy sounding exhaust. Another one of my friends has a 1992 Chevy S10 Blazer 4 door 4x4, 4.3L, automatic. They were saying the Blazer beat the Miata in a race. WTF? Did I miss something? Since when is a Blazer faster than a Miata? I thought they were BSing me b/c I didn't see it. Neither of the guys that owns those cars were there so everyone was pretty much un-biased, and every said the Blazer was faster...
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The 92-93 blazers with the Vortec 4.3 had the most powerful 4.3 made. They were 195hp versus the 165 of the 4.3 TBI and the 190 of the 4.3 SMPI of the newer blazers. My 92 with 150k could beat my buddies 98 Blazer ZR2 all day. His was faster 0-60 becsause of the gearing though. I never raced a miata so I dont know. They are light, but not very powerful. A CAI and fart can isnt going to do much for the Miata
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i have the same engine in my blazer, theyre definitely not slow but they definitely arent the fastest... what was the gearing on the blazer? that probably helps alot
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Originally Posted by GoldenBullet
what was the gearing on the blazer? that probably helps alot
I am willing to bet the Blazer had 3.73 gears
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Originally Posted by crash93ssei
Originally Posted by GoldenBullet
what was the gearing on the blazer? that probably helps alot
I am willing to bet the Blazer had 3.73 gears
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Originally Posted by TheDude
The 92-93 blazers with the Vortec 4.3 had the most powerful 4.3 made. They were 195hp versus the 165 of the 4.3 TBI and the 190 of the 4.3 SMPI of the newer blazers. My 92 with 150k could beat my buddies 98 Blazer ZR2 all day. His was faster 0-60 becsause of the gearing though. I never raced a miata so I dont know. They are light, but not very powerful. A CAI and fart can isnt going to do much for the Miata
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Oh, I forgot about the Typhoon and Syclone. They packed a turbocharged and intercooled version of the 4.3-liter V6 that pumped out 280 horsepower and was hooked up to a Corvette'* automatic trans with AWD. Sweet rides!!
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