my 85 dodge truck with 318 has single pickupcoil single ballast resistor electronic ignition, im trying to bypass all; coollant switch/egr/power heat valve, evap canister, air pump, electric choke, lean burn stuff, everything is converted besides the wiring,,, im looking at wiring schematics, and they say i should have two wires running to each prong of the ballast resistor. one prong with a wire going to the ignition module wiring harness, and the other wire to the ignition switch, other prongs wires go one to the ignition switch and other to the positive terminal of the coil. what i have on my truck and have been driving around on until conversion is one side of the resistor a wire goes to the starter relay and another wire goes to the positive coil terminal, other side just has one large red wire that is spliced into 4 or 5 other reds. anybody know if this is right?

 

will d,

I wish that I could help you but I'm no good when it comes to the electrical side of things on vehicles. I know just enough to be dangerous. Hopefully one of the other members can help shed some light on it for you.

 

What you describe as your wiring sounds correct. On the resistor, one side will have (one wire) 12 volt from the ignition switch along with one wire to the ignition module. The other wires you mention that are spliced with it are to things that get 12 volts when the ignition is ON. These are usually fused unless some one has spliced them in for accesories.
The other side of the resistor should have 2 wires, one goes to the positive side of the coil and the other to the start relay. The one to the start relay gives the coil 12 volts at START, a reduced voltage is applied to the coil via the resistor in RUN.