demon 340 wont start, no spark

I recently got my demon 340 back together, rebuilt eng/trans. new petronix distributor & coil, battery, ignition module, voltage regulator, engine wiring harness, ignition switch, battery cables & ground strap from block to body. I have been trying to get the eng. to fire off but I have no spark out of the coil. I by-passed the ballast, blue wire to brown wires, I have 11.8 v. to the coil brown wire, still no spark out of coil. I put the original coil/dist. back in & have the same problem. this may not relate to the issue, but the brown/yellow striped wire from the trans. switch goes up into the firewall & into the dash where I lose it. this wire should go from the trans. switch over to the starter relay. I have a 72 dodge demon repair manual & it shows the wire going from trans. to relay, not into the firewall. I currently have the brown/yellow wire going to a short ground & the engine turns over fine.
Any help would really be greatly appreciated.