To anyone with a no-start, I would suggest keeping in mind the basics of getting a motor to fire. I am totally new to this but it certainly seemed to work for me. I was more or less told that these cars are so complex that a novice should not even try but from what i can suss out, a motor is a motor especially if one omits the sensors which on this car can be done by disconnecting the EHA. The car will be harder to start cold but I have had plenty of experience running the vehicle with a dud OVP and in my experience, the car will still fire but may not stay running until the motor warms up. Thats completely different from a situation where there was no hint the motor would fire which was my predicament. I went one step further and disconnected my fuel relay and used ether which limits the scope even further. The other advice I recvd was to be careful with spraying ether as it can crack a piston. There was a funny story by one of the moderators of a guy who sprayed the entire can then punctured a hole in the can to get the last drop only to damage the motor. Others kindly advised checking the vehicle for air leaks esp at the ICV and plan to replace my hoses as they are hard and very likely played a role which I can expand on later. Thanks to everyone who helped!!