Builders: Square engine, Over Square, or Under Square for you?

I’d have to do the math but I think the tallest it should be is 9.200 but it may be able to get down to 9.000.
So do you believe the shorter the deck height, the better? Or, only to a point. The 302 Ford has a 8.2 deck height. What's a 318, 9.6 if I remember correctly?????