Hei conversion troubleshooting

Easy. Look at your wiring diagram, the ignition switch and bulkhead connector. They normally are called IGN1 and IGN2. The whole deal is, IGN1 is tradtionally "ignition run" and GOES COLD during starting. IGN2 is the coil resistor bypass, often a brown wire, and goes from the igntion switch to the coil+ side of the ballast resistor. It is the ONLY source of igntion voltage during starting, and (normally) supplies the coil during cranking, and "feeds backwards" through the ballast resistor to feed the ECU

If you are bypassing the ballast, those connections must be tied together, then run to feed the ignition system and VR, and on 70/ later cars, the altlernator blue field.

Go to MyMopar and download a service manual I WOULD NOT recomment bypassing the ballast on a Mopar ECU

Spent this morning converting from ECU to HEI. Regapped the plugs, running like a champ. I bypassed the ballast, but left everything in tact so I can go back to ECU. I will post pics in the next day or two.