Need help with Mallory Unilite distributor

[Steve Gorkowski]

Hi Carl

Nice to see you back with the group.

Steve

EFISYSTEMS at aol.com wrote:

> Hi Folks I'm back,
>      Red goes to coil +       Green to coil -        brown to ground
> after starting it check to see that coil + shows 7-9 volts if it's higher you
> will need a ballast resistor.  The voltage can be higher with a stock gm coil,
> most aftermarket coils are wound different and let too much current through to
> the - side of coil and smokes the unilite module, thus the need for a ballast
> resistor.....the red wire can actually handle the 12-14 volts but it is the
> green/trigger wire that has to be controlled. Again the ballast goes on the
> coil + wire between your ign switch and coil +......hope that helps
> -Carl Summers