Heater hose fittings?? what did you do with them?

In the process of getting the eagle 5.7 together, and realized that the two heater hose ports on the timing cover are not threaded, and are pretty much only for the push in oem hose assembly, which i'd rather not use...Has anyone sourced a press in hose barb, or tapped these for NPT with success?

just wondered what you fellas did before dyno day comes.

Thanks!