damnit, thats exactly what it looks like. well, i wish the machine shop had noticed that and took them out. guess it wont technically hurt anything, but now they are in there till that motor gets torn apart again...
yea, they look like they were stuffed through the freeze plugs. i guess i could take the freeze plugs out and redo it, but i think ill just let it be.
aside from that, the motors pretty much done, ill post some pics, thanks for the help guys! at least its not a piece of the block. check my album for new pics, lemme know what you think!