wont start, its gonna fight me the whole way

Suspect the ballast resistor and/or the starter relay. You should be getting about 9 at the coil running, and a full 12 cranking. Bypass the resistor by building a 12 AWG wire with male spade connectors and connecting the two resistor wires directly together with it. You can run 12v to the coil that way for a while, although it will shorten points life a little.