Cylinder Head Choice

Rumblefish, No the white covered 1 1/2" thick book I was referencing was from Direct Connection from maybe about '74 to '78. Tom Hoover and other Chrysler guys were travelling the country putting on drag seminars. That was about the time Tom first came out with his 372, a turned down main journal 360 crank in a 340 block for his second gen 'Cuda, a notchback not a fastback IIRC. Lots of talk about sonic checking for bore shift and recommending just an 0.020 overbore on anything if you could get away with it for better cylinder stability. Now all the stroker kits are 0.030 off the shelf and most of the popular crate engines are 0.040 overbore, cheaper to run one bore size for the run, but why bore away good material if you don't need to? Now everyone with a four link wants their car to squat for better weight transfer off the line, they were espousing Rear End Rise to plant the tires harder - evident when watching SS and Pro Stock spring equipped vehicles leave the line. This was in the heyday of the E body Pro Stock cars and the A/M and A/A Hemi Darts and 'Cudas in Super Stock.
The book was put out by Chrysler not any one author. Maybe Direct Connection Drag Racing Manual or something like that. Lots of different sections, each section had breakdowns for what time you hoped to run, which combos worked together and which ones didn't. Covered /6, La, B & RB, and Hemis. Stock combos, Super Stock Combos, Pro Stock, non class E.T. combos. Pretty much the same size as my Factory Service Manuals from the early and mid 60's, before they started to split them into a couple of different books for one vehicle - my '77 Volare (sing it!) Wagon 318 overdrive 3 speed with overdrive 833 with 3rd direct and O.D. 3rd with the shift lever reversed came in two sections.
Hope this clarifies the old bible I was trying to reference. Any of you seniors out there have one you can take a picture of and post? Sorry about my previous non paragraphed rambles. But I do hope that they help the OP ease into his project vs going in guns a blazin', offered with the best intentions. Hope this helps...................