Lest anyone think I’m stubborn and won’t listen. I now understand what Bartamos is explaining. My Pertronix red wire is designed to get a full 12V at all times WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, (not just during cranking). The way I currently have it hooked up, the Pertronix red wire only gets a full 12V during cranking. The RUN ignition wire feeds to the ballast resistor properly, but I should have the Pertronix red wire connected to the ignition wire BEFORE the ballast resistor.
This is indeed a technical point I missed all because I’ve been running the same Pertronix unit for several years without issues and the Pertronix red wire was always connected to the + post of the coil. Since the original resistor wire went from the firewall to the R terminal on the starter, the setup I’ve been using for years only gave the Pertronix red wire the voltage AFTER resistor wire.
