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I think the problem here is that in your effort to get it running before you dive in you could very easily create the need for some expensive repairs. There is no way I would crank an interference motor with a 6 year old at least if not 10 year old timing belt. That first belt you pictured is the balance belt - the one behind it is the timing belt. If the timing belt breaks or slips you get bent valves in the head or worse.

If all your injectors aren't firing you get a hydralocked engine and most likely a broken rod or major scorage in the cylinder from wash.

If you don't wake up the motor properly you get a worthless scored block.

You can't re-use intake gaskets - just a slight vacuum leak and the car will barely run if at all.

Best of luck on your project - you could probably put it up for sale as is before you do anything else and get 1k out of it. Where are you located anyways?
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