Alright vacuum leak it is then. I picked up a combo vacuum/fuel pressure gauge from O'Reilly's since it was cheap - $25 for bosch brand. I'll have to read through that link anyways though, as it seems like good info to know.

Unfortunately, no time yesterday to look into it, took me longer than I would've liked to get out there and by the time I finished brakes on the acura - which went smooth as hell (gotta love working on a car from colorado), I had to head back and grab dinner with the girlfriend.

I've always chased down vacuum leaks with either the carb cleaner trick or the smoke trick... But I've never had to do it on a non running car. Wonder if smoke will work when its not running? Oh well, I've got an exam tomorrow and a midterm Tuesday. I won't have time until thursday, so I guess don't expect an update until late Thursday night or Friday