I'm not sure Edelbrock even makes a carb small enough for these 2.0-2.6L (~122-160 CID) engines, and AFAIK nobody makes a suitable adapter to bolt one up to the stock manifold, so that'd need to be custom-fab'd.
Weber 32/36 DFEV/DGEV and 38 DGES swaps are the tested, tried-and-true solution with readily-available adapters to bolt them up to the stock manifold. They should offer better reliability, performance, fuel mileage, and emissions than the stock Mikuni computer-feedback carb, which should give you some idea of what a crufty kludge those stock carbs were.
The DFEV version is required to use a kickdown linkage for an automatic transmission, and IMO preferable even for a manual, as it can readily be mounted with the fuel bowl in front to minimize stumbling/stalling under hard braking. That said, I've got the mirror-image DGEV version which is cheaper and more readily available, tho' it puts the fuel bowl towards the rear unless you finagle routing the throttle cable towards the driver's side (e.g. by flipping over the cable bracket/pipe at the firewall and bending the pipe to route the cable clear of the brake master cylinder/booster). IMO the 38 DGES really only makes sense with a "built" engine that can make good use of that carb's greater breathing capacity.
Take care to get a genuine Weber, which should have a rough/dull finish to the castings, the Weber name/logo and "Made in Spain" cast right into the body, and (usually) an off-white plastic electric-choke cover. Chinese clones may be "licensed" but only in their general design and use of the name/logo, without the same precision manufacturing of the originals, which tends to make the clones tricky if not impossible to tune correctly (and keep in tune!) for all driving conditions. Clones have a smooth/shiny finish, the Weber name/logo only on a decal, tag, or ink stamp, and (usually) a black plastic electric-choke cover.
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