318, E-Coil, GM ignition module, Chrysler Distributor...need wiring help!
Am I confused; is the crank circuit not the brown wire, and is the Run circuit not the blue wire?
So yes those two are normally separate circuits, in the factory wiring, only crossing paths at the dual-ballast resistor, normally feeding battery voltage directly to the coil during cranking, and a reduced voltage during run, while simultaneously feeding the ECU the correct voltage, or nearly so in both situations; a pretty ingenious feat to be sure.
But the E-core coil I had didn't want the reduced voltage, and IIRC I was still using the old Orange box at the time. In any case, I was on a mission to get the same battery voltage to the E-core under both Start and Run.