No problem. This is a beat up question that has been passed around as much as "what wheels and tires will fit my car". I had the same problem, wanting to bypass the ballast and ecu. I didn't care so much about performance as wanting to clean up the extra wire if i could. A friend of mine purchased a distributer from Hot Rods USA for his 318. Product claims you don't need ballast or ecu, all controlled from inside plugs directly to coil + - . You have to have a coil with at least 50,000 or more out put. Works just like MSD but for only $70 for small block. He put it on ,liked it. I did some research ( souned pretty cheap to me) guy said it would do everything as advertised. I took a chance bought it . I was surprised ,top quallity well made. Very reasonable way to go if you want to lose the ballast and ecu.