My Rottweiler puppy chewed up the box to a custom order Eagle rotating assembly that took 18 months to get. Until I checked all the parts and realized he only chewed up one rod bearing I was seriously about to kill him :****:
I am no help on the seat selection issue, but can tell you that SEM makes fabric paint that will make those faded seats good as new in 10 minutes and it last a couple years.
There are options from Holley, Summit, & Fi-tech all for around $1k or less.
The cheapest option is forgetting camming the motor and pulling a factory tbi system off a 87-95 sbc. A couple hundred bucks or less and you'll have a complete system that has been proven to work on millions and...
I am betting the biggest reason the motor is feeling weak is the torque converter. You should always have PTC spec you a converter whenever possible. Also, did you have the factory torque management tuned out of the ecu?
Off topic, but I have a 4.0 Jeep with a 2.8 1st, 4.0 low, and a 4.10 gear. It crawls no than when it was 2.8 ,2.72 , & 4.10 it is lower now, but still not a crawler gear
I do, especially since you have more transmission gear options than the average wheeler. You would be able to easily start most hills in 2nd where most other people couldn't