Lucky... you got 4.10s all you gotta do is swap in a 4.0 and those are everywhere. Lol

 

Lol my goal is to eventually have a TBI 350 V8 and AX-15 in this Jeep...but I'm happy with the 2.5 until it dies. Its at 243,xxx miles and still going strong, I cant complain It may not get me anywhere too quick, but it always gets me there, that's all that matters to me

 

Ballistic Fabrication. Real nice, super heavy duty. The P.O. kinda abused them, but they held up really well. The two tabs on the front were welded on to mount the Hydro Assist to. I could have chopped them off, but thought I could mount the stabilizer there until I take the plung on Hydro Assisted Steering. They were originally black, but i blasted them and ground off any weld splatter and sharp edges. Went Body color on the Diff Covers and painted the skulls black to make them 'pop' a bit more than just everything in one color.

 

2.5L to a 350? It'd be a noticeable gain.

 

I don't know about that, doesn't seem worth the cost. Maybe if you supercharge it

 

I've been envisioning one of those new supercharged V8s out of the newer vette... LS9? I think. 6.2L?

That'd be a "frame" twister.

 

Lol it would mangle it

 

I have a buddy putting an LS2 into a JKU. It's getting expensive...

 

He has a JKU. Expensive is the name of the game lol

 

Personally I would have gone with a RIPP supercharger kit and called it a day. Way too much fab work going into the swap...

 

I'd happily swap almost anything in place of that Pentastar.

 

I know it sucks, but this thing is stripped down to the tub, tons of fab work, axles and drive shafts, mounts, everything being reworked. An unambitious project for sure.

 

What's wrong with the minivan engine? Lol lol

 

Thing is you could buy an XJ, lift it, reinforce it (or tube frame it), buy an LS2, and do the swap...for the price of a new Rubicon.

 

And it'd be waaaaay cooler...