Ugh. I’ve been too sick to get out of bed for the last couple days, but before I crashed out, I started cleaning up the new intake manifold with a little Purple Power and a wire brush. It looks nice, but I think before I put it on, it’s going to get some color. I was thinking of using the same VHT Hemi Orange that I used on the block and the valve cover, but my wife is pretty convincing in her argument that it would look mo’ better in a flat black. I don’t think I have enough primer left over, so I’ll need to pick that up as well as a can of VHT SP130. My original plan was to get it from Amazon, but they want $10.24/can with Prime shipping and $15.42/can for the primer while Autozone has it in stock for $7/can.
I think it’s supposed to be nice tomorrow, so I’m going to try to mask it up and get it painted tomorrow so that some night next week I can install it.
Before I succumbed to sinus hell, I also went ahead and placed the order with Davenport Racing USA for the non-adjustable HotBits rally suspension. I guess I’m going to have to call them on Tuesday and see what’s up because their store is set up to process everything through PayPal, but PayPal is saying that they haven’t accepted my money yet, which seems weird.