HEI ignition conversion

The ballast resistor is function of the module or points not the coil. For example on a Mopar ignition you use a different ballast resistor for either the orange box and chrome box(1 ohm) or the gold box (.25 ohm) this has nothing to do with the coil. When I was a GM guy in the early 80's I used an external Accel Super Coil on my HEI without a ballast resistor for 2 years with no failure (was a daily driver with weekend racing). In a breaker point application the ballast resistor protects the points from burning. I had a '55 Chevrolet pickup that kept burning points. It turned out the previous owner had the ballast resistor wired wrong (he had the start and run wires reversed).

Now I would not convert to an HEI on my Mopar for the reason of eliminating the ballast resistor, It is probaby the most trouble free part of the Mopar igntion system.