Hey Zeke:
As much as I abhor this kind of cross breeding...your post ( however) typifies responses that get me going too...."iron lump", etc...
This response just typifies the Porsche, snob stereotype...
Look at the 911BBS archives where I'm involved in other posts like this. I *also* happen to be student of the SBC...and for all our "refined and sophisticated" use of alloys...our 2.0-3.8 alloy engines weigh the same or more than an iron block SBC with alloy heads..... in any config from 254 to 400 cubic inches.
Think about that....
Anyone who is a serious student of engine design will be fairly impressed about a SBC. Both this engine and our ( justifiably-to-be-proud) Porsche flat six made the "ten-best-ever" engine list on Car &Driver magazine a few years back, too.
As for Jags...you're wrong there too, and by a much more serious amount too. Jag engines are both very heavy and produce less hp than SBC's.
As to sounds for both Jags and Porsches...as well as the point that they simply belong there with their mating body parts....well, there you have a definite point !
---Wil Ferch