Full manual valve body, yea or nay?

I have a FMRVB in my 72 Demon. It's a Griner valve body...came with the Cope trans I got with the car. Limited street driving and car has only been done a couple months. I like it but might consider a forward pattern manual valve body for drag racing if I was doing it myself again. For the street, no question the reverse pattern is fine. And I have a Cheetah shifter that I'm getting used to and think I really like.
Manual valve body? Absolutely!! You decide forward or reverse pattern depending on shifter.