Ballast resistor with electronic ignition

The other thing everybody forgets about an "internally ballasted coil" which is actually a RARITY, is that "when these cars" "were these cars" just about ALL traditional US manufacturers used the same scheme, and that is.......

A coil with an external resistor to RUN

so that......

during starting you can then BYPASS the resistor and STILL have a nice hot spark for starting.

I agree with the thought that "it was put there for a reason." We keep hearing about "all these" ECU's that are "MELTING, melting" (say it like the Wicked Witch of the wherever she was from)

and maybe, just maybe, PART of the reason for some of these is too-hot coils with no or too low ballast resistor.