[Zeke]

Biggy, this has gotten pretty far away from 914s, but let me tell you, if you ever drive a Jag, that inline six is about the smoothest, torqueyest engine you can experience. Driving an XKE is like flying a small plane, but better. And the XJ6's were the eptiome of class and comfort. Jags have all along had thier problems, but not with the engine. That thing was designed in the 1930's and it might have outlasted it's usefulness. No, it wasn't a today motor with gobs of HP and RPM. It was just pure luxury and I don't think a Chevy was too good of a replacement. It might very well be in the top 10 of all time being the venerable piece that it is, and I love every bit of the thing. I have a SBC in a '44 Willys (I didn't put it in there, it came that way) and it's a ball.

As far as the 4.3, I'm a huge fan of it as well. The various inductions that the 4.3 has been saddled with over the years has not done much for it's reputation. And there are some other very interesting motors out there to consider in this vain.

But what we are talking about is a Chey in a 911. I reread my post and I don't see where I am a Porsche snob even if I referred to the SBC as an "iron lump." In the back of a 911, it's an iron lump. I'm not being snobbish, I'm calling a spade a spade. Snobs pick on people. If you reread my original post, I said most 911 owners would be more or less indifferent. I said I'd move on. Takes more effort than that to be a snob.