Reply to "Hall electronic ignition package"

The points in your distributor are functioning as a switch to trigger the MSD module. They do not "generate a discharge". That's what the MSD module does.

The battery voltage may drop enough when the engine is cranking that the voltage applied to the MSD ignition module is at the ragged edge of the voltage necessary for the module to function, so the module stops functioning or functions intermittently. But once the motor is running, and the alternator is charging the battery, the battery voltage is higher, the voltage applied to the MSD module is also higher, explaining why the MSD ignition module will work perfectly once the motor starts.

-G