Cylinder has spark but not firing..

You don't need to pull the intake off to see if the valves are opening. You can see if they are just by pulling the valve covers off and spinning the motor over and see if they move. You sure that the cam is not wiped out??? You did say that you had solid lifters on hyd cam or vise versa. I can't remember with the 100+ posts giving the same suggestions on what to check.