Which heads are best

I used to like building cars but it seems like in the last couple of years Im kinda burning out. You didnt used to have to make these decisions. In the good ol days(LOL) you just stuck on some X or J heads and zero decked it and stuck a 509 hydraulic in it and went driving. You didnt have to worry about which head because there wasnt any alternatives and you didnt have to worry about detonation because the gas didnt suck. I remember running the old 13.5 to one TRW's on the street with pump gas. I guess im just getting older, bad knees, hard to climb around under cars now. I just got done putting a clutch in my Viper and it took me several days, used to do that crap in a night. Thanks for all the opinions guys. I dug out the 340 and I guess I'm going stock.