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Re: Smoking Ignition Wires….Exciting stuff!
In the old days the resistor was used to reduce current through the points. On one side would be a red wire from the key, and maybe a brown wire to an optional electric wiper motor. On the other side would be two green wires. One green wire was connected to the coil. The other was connected to a special terminal on the starter. During cranking, power from the battery cable at the starter would be routed directly to the coil, bypassing the resistor and boosting spark to the engine.
I'm curious about where the green and purple wires in your picture go. Connecting HEI through the resistor can make the resistor hot but I would definitely track those other wires down to see what they're connected to before removing the ballast resistor.
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