How bad did I eff up?

By the way.
This is the factory cast intake that came on the engine.
Whatever the Cresent shaped holes are on the heads don't go to anything on the intake.
What are they?
My block off plate on the egr.

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Those are heat sinks so the exhaust cross over doesn't over heat and crack stuff.