Remember, you can't run el-cheapo points. Or condenser. Throw them away. Buy Motorcraft or NOS.

Point systems don't care about the coil, but they will burn up if the voltage is too high. When automakers switched to a 12 volt system they just dropped the voltage to the points and kept them the same.

 

Okay talked to the Ford parts guy and in their manual they specifically say the I cannot use high performance coils with the condenser. Thanks for the tip Tedster9. I think this just solved my issue.

 

Some coils say "Use With External Resistor Only", others say "Electronic Ignition Only". I don't believe a quality condenser will care, but the points will.

 

Okay new points, condenser, and standard coil installed. I didn't take it for a long test drive because I don't have a good mount yet for the coil. This might be the best it's ran. No pinging, smooth, decent response. Not as much power as a good running tfi. But it might get better with alittle tuning.

 

yes, it will eat points.

 

I run the points/TFI ignition described on the gofastforless site. Love it.
Cheap, OEM, and all you gotta do is minor maintenance on the points.
full 12v, no ballast resistor, TFI coil.

word of warning on the DSII/GM module. i have wired this up 3 times, on 3 different vehicles. it worked beautifully on a OEM DSII dizzy, but failed twice on remanufactured units. no idea why. i found another post on here from 2011 of a guy having the same problem.

 

The onlty question I have on hooking up the TFI module is I have a "tag" end of wire coming from the positive side of the TFI coil. Do I just splice the full 12v and the 1 and 4 pin of the TFI module to that tag end wire?

 

follow these instructions:
Points to Electronic Ignition Cheap & Easy | Adventure Rider

also:
1. remove the condenser, if that wasn't mentioned in the instructions
2. rather than power this through the ignition switch, i would use a relay.

 

Thanks for the tip on the condenser.