I haven't seen it mentioned here, but I've stumbled across it. The 01+ Tribute/Escape/6/Taurus 3.0L all have that plastic upper intake. The odd ball seems to be the 02 MPV 3.0L which appears to have an aluminum oval-port intake. Take a peek:

Now take another look, this is a Ford Sport Technologies (Duratec) 3.0L in the rear of the kit car, K-1 Attack:

Looks to be the same intake and Ford rates the ST 3.0L for that kit at 240 BHP and meets EURO-4 emissions.
Has anyone gotten a chance to toy around with this intake or seen it before?