Hy guys, as to the safety aspect of starting while cranking, if you were to hook up a remote starter button to a solenoid activated starter and use that button to crank the engine, the engine could start while cranking, but it would die as soon as the remote starter button was released. The difference we have, is that we can activate our foot starter independant of the ignition switch, just like using the remote starter button on the solenoid type starter, yes the engine might start while cranking with the foot activated starter, but it will die once the starter pedal is released. For cranking tests with either system I always remove the coil output lead from the distributor cap and ground it. As 1951Chevy1Ton said either his wiring method or the factory method is essentially the same electrically, and the same "danger" of starting while cranking exists in both methods. I have never actually heard of any problems with this wiring system, but I can see a potential for an incident if you're unaware of what may happen if you don't remove and ground the coil output wire while doing engine cranking tests, hope that helps.
