pertronix upgrade?

[Road King Cole]

Originally Posted by 926bill

Got a pertronix ignitor and coil to put on a 470 mercruiser. Do they all have a ballast resistor or wire? Do I need them if I put on a flamethrower coil? Here's some pics, two black wires from negative coil, red and purple/yellow wires from positive. The purple/yellow goes around to the port side. Is this the ballast resistor or starter solinod or what? Any help would be great,want to go fishing Monday.

BC

Didn't you get instructions with the kit? From what I remember, you don't use the resistor wire...