I finally finished porting and polishing my intake manifold and removal of the VTCS system. It will be going back into the car the next day it isn't raining (i hate michigan weather). Here are some tips, in case anyone else wants to attempt this in the future. It is best to only remove the upper half of the manifold. This allows you leave the EGR tube and throttle body in place. You also do not have to disconnect it from the lower support, which means that you will never have to jack the car off the ground. I also reccomend taking off the hood to give yourself the most room to work, since you are working in the back of the engine bay. When porting and polishing, shove some cloth or paper towel just past the area where you are doing your grinding and sanding, that way metal shavings won't fall back into the runners. As far as Dremel bits are concerned, I found it best to use sanding drums to take the most material off, then use the steel brush bit to make the surface smooth. It is nice to have a vacuum on hand to suck up the dust that will build up, especially when sanding down the mounds of quik-steel used to fill the holes left by the VTCS rod.