Issues with coils

[Sinitro]

The ballast resistor protects the coil from overcurrent...
The ignition system needs to use matched parts...
But I do agree that some of the later ignition parts that are out-sourced from China are junko..
My personal experience is that the original Mopar OE ignition parts were of high quality,
fortunately I still have my personal stash..

Just my $0.02...

 

[nigel]

The ballast resistor protects the coil from overcurrent...
The ignition system needs to use matched parts...
But I do agree that some of the later ignition parts that are out-sourced from China are junko..
My personal experience is that the original Mopar OE ignition parts were of high quality,
fortunately I still have my personal stash..

Just my $0.02...

There's no school like old school i believe is the right saying here. I'm irish but I do believe in the best quality parts are from the U.S. when we are talking about mopars. Unfortunately trying to maximise yearly profits the only way is to cut manufacturing costs which means cut corners and use cheap labour. Quality is gone to crap

 

[Geoff 2]

I would also move the coil off the engine. Mounting the coil on the engine was a MOST stupid idea, which as done for convenience &...cost. The coil heats up from the current through it....& then gets COOKED by engine heat. And it is worse at low rpms with factory ign because the coil has current flowing through it for a longer period of time, heating it up.
On BBM, I mount the coil either on the inner guard adjacent to the dist or next to the rad. Coil is kept cool. You can also mount the coil under the dash & use a firewall connector for the HT lead. This is what I have on my car.