Finaly some decent weather

Friday was the first decent day we've had since the snow started falling in November. On my drive home from work people were walking along the street in shorts, car windows were down, snow banks were melting, restaurant doors were propped open, motorcycles were out and about, and everyone you talked to had something nice to say about the weather.

I took the opertunity to drive the Corrado for the first time this year. After switching in a new battery it started on the first crank and ideled perfectly. Driving it was even better than I remembered, there's lots of power and lots of turbo noises, and the suspension is stiff enough to have some fun in the turns and on the on ramps. It was a total blast!

That motivated me to start working on the new intake manifold again. The core arived a few weeks ago.



There's a lot of talk as to whether this cardboard is going to hold up against the boost pressure of the turbo, and the heat of the engine bay - but I think it should be fine.