Originally Posted by Omniscient
Pull a spark plug wire out of its hole on the head and rest it on the valve cover, crank your car and see if you getting a spark.
Hold a long screw driver up to your fuel rail and put your ear on the plastic handle and try to hear for the ticking of your injectors.
do this and it sounds like what a coil would do if it was bad. Listen for fuel pump when you first turn the key to run (before you try to start it). you might take off the distributor cap and make sure your rotor is turning (probably not a bad timing belt but you never know).