It's been a long time since this thread was started but I finally was able to get back into the car.

To review, it died on the freeway. Couldn't get it started. Tried autozen's and others suggestions, but still couldn't identify the cause.

I had decided to keep this car so I decided to spend a few bucks replacing the plug wires (looked original - 185k miles), various breather/vacuum hoses (one I broke while nosing around), the broken air cleaner housing (looked like some oaf just yanked the old one until the mounting brackets broke off). Still no start.

I'd also read somewhere on this site about the ignition coil getting weak, so when I saw a used one show up on ebay for cheap, I decided it was worth a shot.

So I swapped out the coils and the car started. I was apprehensive about allowing it to idle since it started for me briefly during once before but died when I took my foot off the gas. So I sat there and warmed it up to its' normal operating temperature. When I let off the gas, it stayed running. It ran relatively smoothly, even well enough to take it around the block a few times.

Soon it will be off to get the leaky vacuum modulator serviced and then I'll load it with fresh gas and some Techron, and see if I have any idle issues.

Thanks again to everyone who posted suggestions. Especially autozen, your 'fuel or fire' theory was right on, luckily for me it wasn't the EZL module.