Never heard one person say the 1.88 valve 340 head was the way to go for a 340 and see people swap out the X heads for that ground pounding torque of the mighty 1.88 valve.
To me you can't just look at the head it's the whole combo but especially head and cam being the main two factors. What gonna be more street able 280 gross hp 318, a stock headed 318 with a 218 cam or a stock 5.2l magnum?