Finally got the motor in my car- '92 302 into a '68 Fairlane, carbureted, with the Ford Duraspark ignition. And my ballast resistor was smokin, only when I left the key on without the engine running.
I started the motor and it ran fine, the ballast didn't get hot as long as the motor was running. Is that normal???

And another thing, I bumped the starter over, let off the key for a second then hit it again and the starter hung up. Had to turn the motor over a little by hand to free it. It does this consistently if you hit the starter-disengage it-then hit it again. Could that be because of a new starter and new flywheel meshing together to tight???