Inlet Manifold

So, I am still having trouble with intake manifold. I am not going to get the plastic manifold to work. So, I want to replace it with a aluminum inlet manifold. Unfortunately, the intake ports on the engine don't match the intake ports on the manifolds I've found. I have questions submitted to every distributor that I've been able to find, but no one has gotten back to me yet.

And then there is the VCT solenoid on the engine. Supposedly, the engine fits in the car, but barely. On the front of my engine, there is this big bump from the VCT system. Its not going to fit with this big thing hanging off of the front the engine.

Out there in the interweb, there is reference to this thing called a VCT Delete Kit. A few years ago, you could pick it up for about $40. Great. Of course, now I can't find it. The vendors that have been referenced to have had it don't have them anymore. I need to eliminate this thing, or else I am going to have to have to destroy this car to get it to fit.