Throttle body placement on Jaguar XJ13 V12
First of all, the XJ13 is a beautiful car 
. What really caught my eye, though, is the placement of the throttle bodies and intake trumpets on the engine! Usually, they are located inside the vee (like these on the 330 P3. Clearly between both sets of valve covers), but the ones on the Jaguar appear to be either between the valve covers, or on the outside of both sets; placing them either on top, or on the extreme outside of the vee. What would be the purpose/advantage of this? Possibly a lower center of gravity? Surely, if they wanted a lower COG, they would just go with a flat-12 instead of a V12. It just struck me as strange.
If I'm wrong, please correct me. I'm running on 4.4 hours of sleep for the last three days (three exams in two days 
) so I may just be hallucinating.