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What if Nissan, or any manufacturer of high performance cars, was like Subway? I mean, what if the chassis (say the 370's or GTR's) were akin to the bread at Subway, and meat was akin to the engine?

You could put an LS7 V8 in a 370 chassis, or a Viper engine in a GT-R, vice versa, so on and so forth? Wouldn't that be awesome?!

How about a 5.0 Coyote V8 in a 370? I praise domestic V8s because hp and torque come easy. I don't like FI because it's like a high drama g/f; very difficult to keep calm and running well. And Ford and GM will allow you to buy these crate engines. And they're cheap considering the level of performance you get with them. Forget $20,000+ builds (FI with tuning and installation and miscellaneous parts).

Oh yeah, forgot, eat fresh;)

What if the sun was the moon?? Lol

Jk man would be pretty awesome... however I don't consider any of the motors you mentioned as being "cheap"

LS7 505 hp $11,000
LS3 430 hp 10Kish

BMW M motors: $50K brand new

High performance cars should follow this Subway, or "Dell computer" model.

Lotus does it because it doesn't want to invest the R&D and other costs to make its own engine; they use Honda DOHC VTECs or the Toyota VVTis...

Hipo cars should be open-platform.

I get what you mean, but Subway SUCKS. Their bread is awful, and so is their meat. Anyway, I was thinking about this after my 12th Heineken one night. It would be cool...but will never happen. Like my other drunken ideas.

^fine, then Jersey Mikes LOL

What's the ET and trap for your car?

Best ET is 11.43 best trap is 126.

^what do you think you put into your car, total, to get it to that level?

wtf?

LOL. Asking a girl how much she weighed.
Every side, sauce, seasoning, and add on available on the subway menu. olives, peppercinni, lettuce, tomato, onion, picks, avocado, mustard, etc.

^nah man, lots of people with built cars tell me what they have into it. If it was prying or an unwritten rule I wouldn't have asked. To each his own.

I'm just curious as to how much he put into it in order to get his car that fast. Those are like Zr1 or GT-R numbers there.

Anyways, with about 20 Gs...you can have a low 12 sec car without the fussiness of FI. And it's reliable: no overheating, no constant need to tune, no worrying! V8 baby ;) When is Hinson or whatever going to offer no-headache Chevy LS swap kits for the Z34. I'd be so on it if they did. I'm sure it won't be that much longer. The 350Z already has one...

If Nissan was like Subway, I would walk or hitch-hike.

The Subway model appeals to the lowest common denominator of consumers, offering bland, uninspired choices to maximize appeal across the widest swath possible. Boycott chain stores of all kinds. Do not be duped by the purveyors of cookie-cutter mass-appeal products. Stand up for your own beliefs (if you have any of your own). Think for yourselves. Ignore advertising. Pull up your friggin' pants. Throw away your ear-rings and stupid friggin' hipster hats. Learn to write sentences. Leave your iPhone at home for a day. Learn and embrace independence and free thought. Toss a Prius or two off a cliff. Date intelligent women. Shun mediocrity in all its forms.

Finally -- have a great day. Being a real human and not one of the smiling, brainwashed masses is tough work.

^Sir (you're 54 y.o. per your avatar), personally, I hold to a lot of conservative values, especially fiscal policy, albeit I wouldn't consider myself a Republican. I'm college-educated and developed a neutral mind, I think. If you don't like Subway, that's cool. I just used it as a figurative reference. And usually, the hipsters are the ones who shun franchised businesses for the mom & pop ones...Wearing your heart on sleeve will get you in a lot of trouble; I learned the hard way, because I used to do this. But in subtle ways, you will preclude any potential connections that you could've made. Apprehensive people think they know it all. It emanates from fear.

To each his own.

Thank you for the unsolicited psychoanalysis. You saved me a session's worth of therapy.