yes, I do have an external coil now.
I wasn't sure if I could switch to a cap that had the coil wire post right in the middle or if I had to keep using the type with it off tot he side.

One other thing, what the heck is the scale used to measure spark plug temperature? I think my plugs may be too hot, they have the number 44 on them. I switched to 42's, but I don't know if that is a big change or small because I have no idea how far the scale even goes or what a single digit change even equates to.