i looked at the plugs, plug wires, coil wires, and my cat. all good; hopefully it's not the engine though it was a one time thing so it shouldn't be.

with 50200 mi, i have enkei rpf1 in 18x8.5 with standard offset. pretty close to oem from what i remember.

it might be the ssv... the solenoid should be okay, but i can check that today. the only other thing is the fuel pump. the only thing is... if it's bad, how will i know? i've seen a lot of cars and fuel pumps, but none that were bad.