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Originally posted by Al SPODEN:
...thinking I could just ground negative coil side to battery ground to get fire...will this work? ...
Nice choice of words. You will indeed get FIRE! Grounding the negative will turn the coil into an 8 amp electric heater ... or make it glow like an 8 amp night light ... until it catches fire.
Grounding the negative is not advised.
You need these connections:
(1) The red wire (actually pink I believe) from the car's wiring harness wired directly to the coil positive. This is battery power to the coil.
(2) The Blue wire with black stripe from the car's wiring harness wired directly to the coil negative. This is the wire going to the tachometer.
(3) A new wire providing battery power to the electronic ignition. Perhaps connected to the coil positive, sharing the power provided by the pink wire.
(4) A new wire from the electronic ignition to the coil negative, triggering the coil to fire.
(5) A new wire from the electronic ignition to ground. If the ignition (distributor) is grounded by its contact with the engine block, then this wire isn't necessary.
Good luck!