Eliminating a ballist resistor

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67 B-BODY: Thanks for the diagrams BUT I am lost? I am kinda dense sometimes!

Why am I stripping the wires going to the distributor?
Why does the coil say Black(+) and White(-)? Am I hooking up the white wire from the box to the (-) and the Black wire to the (+) instead of the Orange(+) and Black (-)?

Do you have or could you show me a diagram with the ballist wires going where they need to go? I kinda understand your instructions but they are kinda of fuzzy also. They could make sence when I go out and look at it but as now I am kinda confussed.

65-440: You wrote in an earlier post: Ballist Resistor completely eliminated........unless.....You are running a factory charging system, one of those wires comes from the resistor to the alternator voltage reg.

What do you mean by factory charging system? I have a PowerMaster Alt. I am not using the factory amp. gauge in the dash. I am using an Autometer volt gauge. I am not using any factory gauges. Battery in the trunk hooded up to a master cut off switch.

 

[65-440]

the orange and black go to coil, green and purple to dist..... leave the white wire alone....

what i meant by factory charging was .... one of the wires coming from ballist resistor goes to alternator voltage regulator. if you have gotten rid of factory voltage reg, like most people have, then you can throw that resistor is the garbage, and remove the wiring ! ... simple simple !!!

 

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65-440: I figured that it was hooked up the way the MSD manual states. I was just commenting on the diagram that 67-B-body posted. I have a voltage reg on my firewall. It is not the factory one but a Mopar Performance one. Do I need a one wire Alt. to eleminate the volt reg. The more I ask the more confussed I get so maybe I will leave it be for now.

 

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65-440: I figured that it was hooked up the way the MSD manual states. I was just commenting on the diagram that 67-B-body posted. I have a voltage reg on my firewall. It is not the factory one but a Mopar Performance one. Do I need a one wire Alt. to eleminate the volt reg. The more I ask the more confussed I get so maybe I will leave it be for now.

Yaa,,, that diagram was just something I pulled off the internet. I didnt do the hand written stuff. Just go by the actuall drawing itself.....

 

[65-440]

yes, a one wire alt would be needed to get rid of external regulator.....just search around for internally regulated alternators ...

 

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I followed the wires on the MSD and Ballist tonight. I have the orange/black wires going to the coil. Thin red wire from the MSD box going to the ballist and on the other side of the resistor are 2 wires. One going to the volt reg and the other to the bulkhead connector. If the MSD box reduces the volts on start up why can't I just connect the thin red MSD wire to the other side resistor wires to eleminate the ballist?
I also had my AutoGauge tach red wire going to the resistor. I can't locate my instruction manual for the tach so is there a reason why I did this or can I just hook it up to a 12v keyed hot wire.

 

[65-440]

yes, just hook it them to a key'd 12v and remove that damn ballist !!!!!!!!!!! .... i think that wire coming from bulkhead connector to reisitor is key on 12v .... i'll go check my wire diagram ..........................................