help fixin the passenger seat
Twistedcopper-- I'm with you on the 2.5l, I liked mine. Slightly shaved head, cleaned up the ports a little, header, 2.5" exhaust with no cat, .75" homemade TBS, homemade intake tube and cone, Mopar roller rockers, chip, and some ignition upgrades. Even with the factory duration camshaft and all the factory injection equipment, it ran really good. I'm pretty sure that not a single soul here will believe me but......If I REALLY got on it (and the rear driveshaft stayed under the Jeep) it would haze the 36" TSLs from a stop. Like you said, the electric fan is a good mod. Anything to reduce drag on that little engine as it tries to rev up will show good results.
The down side? NO bottom end power, if I wasn't turning 3,500 rpm+ then it wasn't doing much. If you drive a 2.5l the way it needs to be driven in order to produce power.....they don't hold together, and there were/are no stronger aftermarket bottom end parts available.