So I have no strong preference at all, but I just rebuilt a 440 for my Cuda and we pulled 388 HP with a Edelbrock Performer 750 with Vacuum secondaries and an Electric choke. (Part 1411) So far, I like the carb quite a bit and you can get them used on Ebay for about $150.

My 440 is pretty tame. Bored .30 with 452 heads that were ported with valves cut back. Cam is .470 and the stock intake was replaced with a Edelbrock RPM Aluminum split-plane. Stock Exhaust manifolds. Overall, I was very impressed with the output.