1989 non-turbo will not start
 

Car drove with a blown head gasket. I pulled the head and rebuilt, reinstalled. I have spark, fuel pump operational. I got it to fire and actually run, however the throttle had ZERO effect, it only idled. I suspect it was running off the cold start valve. Can not get it to run, any ideas? What will prevent it from running

I checked for codes and it flashes "no codes"

well, did you re connect the throttle cable?? it happens...

Yeah, but worth double checking!

I did have a bad backfire that blew up the plenum on the intake hose, is it possible to damage the throttle position sensor with a back fire?