Lean Burn Question

I have a Mopar coil stamped "for use with electronic ignition". I think it is a "ballasted coil", i.e. there is an internal ballast or at least a primary winding which acts the same. I had the same "spark computer" on my 1982 Aries 2.5L. Once it wouldn't start which I think was due to the poor Molex-type connector they used at the computer. That was before better Weather-pak and Metri-pak connectors. Try squeezing the female pins in slightly w/ needle-nose pliers for tighter contact with the male pins. That worked for me, or at least the problem went away. I don't recall seeing a ballast resistor in my Aries, but doesn't mean it wasn't there. Don't run w/o ballast on a normal <1 ohm coil or it will soon overheat to melt the paint and the spark will start missing. I tried that once. Worst-case you can jumper from BATT+ thru a ballast to coil+ and just remove the jumper to stop the engine. Insure the ballast isn't broken, since that is a common problem. If the engine fires while cranking, but dies the second you relax to "run" position, the ballast is likely broken.