Thats an interesting piece for the heater block off. Any chance you have a link for it? I've got an EP3 and I thought I only had to just slap on some heater hose delete caps and call it a day lol. But still learning. Will be swapping a K24 into it soon and this is one of the things I wanna do.
You can definitely do with just some block-off plugs, but I wanted to clean up that side of the engine bay and remove unnecessary components. There's a ton of different companies and options out there. Here's a link to K-Tuned who offer a ton of great parts. Upper Coolant Housings: k-tuned.3dcartstores.com/K-Series-_c_251.html