what are the best heads being made for la small blocks rite now

For my money Aluminum heads..Hughes cnc'd Edelbrocks seem to be well worth the money spent..

Agreed. The way I see it, if your gonna step up off the OE head looking to make some good honest power, then that's the way to go. Well ported Edelbrocks can make for a real nice street package with teeth.

The W2 is the only iron head worth looking at and that's if iron is OK with you. But they will out power the Edelbrocks. Draw back besides weight, rocker arm cost, oval ports in & out.