Recommended 4bbl carb for stock 318

That's pretty much the same carb I have now. Mine is a 1850-3
Have you had any issues with your 1850? If not I can't see any reason not to use this 4160 carb unless someone has had specific trouble.
So really, is it going to come down to final tuning for equal performance from each different carb?
And then swayed by differences in the ease of tuning. Because really if they can all do the same thing I don't mind extra work to tune it up, especially if it saves me like 400 bucks :) which can go toward the next upgrade.

Wow, thoughts and options can sure change fast... At least I'm not alone. I understand why you have been contemplating on this for a while.