Pissed off with motor, want to change

are you using the 5 box and or 4 prong ballast?

It has a 4 prong ballast. I was going to mention this and forgot ... after I had the car running for twenty minutes or so and I shut it off, I touched the ballast resistor and it was hot enough that had I done more than a glancing touch I would have been burned. I know resistance = heat, but should it get that hot?