Car died... won't restart, UPDATE: Car still won't start... please help Options

[ThisGoodNight]

Car cranks/turns over just fine. Has plenty of spark and fuel. Car was acting squirly day before it died. When leaving work, the car started and idled very roughly ~600 rpm. Held my foot on the gas for about 15 seconds seemed to clear it up, drove home without any problems. Started up next morning and drove to work without any problems. When leaving work, car started, ran for about 5 seconds and promptly died and could not be restarted. Unfortunately a buddy of mine was checking fusses and I believe he reset the CEL because it's not throwing any codes. Anybody got any ideas?

This post has been edited by ThisGoodNight: Jun 1, 2009 - 8:01 PM

[ThisGoodNight]

So after rechecking the spark plugs, timing, and fuel pressure, as well as numerous start attempts, I finally got the car to fire (after 30 secs of cranking). The car ran rough for a few minutes (I'm guessing it was flooded), and eventually cleared itself out and is now running perfectly. Has stopped and started all day without incident. I'm happy that the car is running again but I'm concerned that I never fixed the underlining problem. I'm not sure why it decided to start but I'm gonna hope that whatever was wrong with it is now corrected. Thank you everyone for your suggestions.