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I have seen that engine before... and when folks asked, I couldn't find my pictures.
What got me was the valve train. Most impressive.
IIRC, when NASCAR created the "stock" head, they used the Pontiac design that Penske came up with. That became the basic head for all GM products in NASCAR. This was done as a cost cutting measure... I am sure it ended up saving $3.00.
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
Slideshow: A Jaguar designer's personal project imagines what a modern front-engined Corvette might look like if Chevrolet revisited the golden age of the Stingray.