I took out the sleeves too, dont worry I'm not THAT stupid!

I was talking about the holes in the intake manifold, not the block, lol. I took the rods and all that jazz out as well as the sleeves.
But the thing is, I still have the VDI valve in there, so I'm going to need to figure out how I'm going to get that opened or i still have the choking problem you described.
The thing is, I didn't WANT to remove the 6pt, i HAD to, so I'm keeping the VDI, just gotta figure out how I'm gonna make it open. I'm thinking to use the same method that rotary resurrection has on his website.