hey! what's w/ a 327 in a 64 anyway? everything I've seen sez it wasn't available in trucks till 66 [one book sez 65] - is the 327 supposed to be original? is the wiring all original? no cut or added wires? maybe that tach wire was the one that should go to the starter from the coil?
as Stu sez, the coil will not explode, it will merely fail prematurely because it'll be running too hot w/o the ign resistor - all you gotta do is ask the parts guy for an internal resistance 12V coil - they're alla same
if the truck originally had an external resistor and has the original wiring, it will have 2 wires on the coil - one goes to the small terminal on the side of the starter solenoid and is hot only when cranking, one goes to the external resistor, which gets juice from the ign sw - w/ internal resistance it will have one wire, to the ign sw, hot only when the key is on
not atomic physics - just get the coil that fits the setup!
oh yeah, Stu - the points get full COIL output voltage [10,000V?], it's the coil input that gets the 12V
Bill
