no melted wires near headers, re-routed them so they're away now, getting 12V key on to injectors and the injectors are pulsing when cranking (made a resistor and LED to see the flashed, quick 2 pulses at beginning then steady pulses cranking), correct fuel pressure key on engine off 41psi, getting spark, and supposedly tune is fine flashed the stock tune and it didn't do anything unless somehow the stock tune got changed. I have no way of checking for DTC's...
So car has correct fuel pressure behind injectors, voltage to injectors, steady pulsing, spark, no cooked wires, new coolant temp sensor, working IAC and IAT, and somehow it cannot figure out how to start itself cold.
Its out of my hands, bringing it to the chevy dealer down the street tomorrow. Time to get the saturn on the road.