Pertronix Electronic Igintion

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Does anyone know if you have to bypass the resistor wire to the Pertronix Flamethrower Coil. The instructions suck and I have seen some posts that say it does not matter just hook it up the same as the original with the 6v resistor in line. What puzzles me is I had installed the ignitor a year ago and its worked fin but ran a little rich. I find out now that the ignitor red lead needs to bypass the resistor and the instructions for the Flamethrower Coil say to bypass it as well. But I have a diagram from someone else and they show a 12V lead off the ignition switch to the Ignitor only! Why am I putting a 12V coil to a 6V resistor and will I get the performance. It runs fine now, but should I take the time to run a 12V lead from the ignition, to the coil. I guess what I am asking is if it runs good now will it improve and maybe help the richness problem.

Thanks!
Rick