Lean Burn Carb Replacement

The '74 BBS comes closest to direct drop-in; that's truck carb numbers 7044s and 7045s. (manual and automatic transmission); van carb numbers 6583s and 6584s. Pics here and here. The 6218s is a '71 Dodge truck carburetor, lacking the built-in throttle return spring and having the earlier-type throttle lever configuration, and no idle kicker solenoid. None of this is a dealbreaker; you can use dual external throttle return springs instead of one external + carb's internal, and you can adapt to the earlier throttle lever. See this thread for kickdown options, and here for how to hook up the fuel vapour canister.
SlantSixDan, Once I obtain an electronic distributor ('73-'76 non lean burn), I'm sure one can benefit by changing springs and weight slot length to "curve" it slightly. I understand a "good" curve for my short bed D150 automatic would need to be slightly different that say a '64 valiant due to mass of vehicle among a few other things like transmissions and diff ratios. Do you have any suggestions? I've seen a lot of discussion on curves for /6 powered A-Bodies.