I am telling you that is what happens . Call the shop and talk to Steve and tell him that is wrong. See what he tells you. I seen him cutting a block before the sleeves were installed. That is what he told me and I don't think he would lie to me
He does them all the time for a speed shop that builds high end cars. No gasket failures since with 60 lbs of boost. 1000 HP 4 cylinders. He does the block and head work for all of them. There was always 10 or more here at one time for the same speed shop. Cope performance. He also does all the Viper engines and heads for Havok performance. Big boost twin turbo cars . They get cars from all over the states. Steve does all the custom engine work