CUT INTAKE MANIFOLD MOD THE ESCORT92MAN WAY
I won't ask for money, just do it to your car and enjoy it like I do, I have talked to BPT323, owner of CP.com, and he said this mod I did will help but isn't FULLY what he does, but he said it'd give you a boost of a few HP, not bad for goofing around with a grinder for 45 min
here you go, at least do this part!
cut that bar out so it looks like that, very simple
now grind the intake ports to match the gasket which will match the head!
NOW the big part that is hard, grind this wall down till it comes about to the floor of the intake
now I wasn't done in this pic yet just decided to snap it while I was kinda clean lol, then make sure you clean your intake out with an engine foam to clean all the **** and shavings outta it, wash it out with water, blow it out with compressed air, new gaskets, and enjoy the power and feel when VICS dump open, you will feel it! in the rain if I open it up in 2nd around 3k rpm it'll climb to 4,500 rpm and then it spins the tires, both, lol it's fun
so that's the escort92man way to do that right there, while you have the fuel injectors out to get the intake off make sure you go ahead and toss in some kia injectors that flow a bit more at the higher rpm and have a better spray pattern
(copied and pasted from the 1.8 section

) anywho that's my way. I can feel the gain in my pants when I step in it so it does something.