Relax people, I'm just another in a long line of car guys who threw some tooles busting his knuckles on something.
I'm talking about an exhaust flame thrower kit, and all kits tell you to tap into the ground wire of the distributor. This is not a problem with an old points style, but on an HEI you cant kill the ground because it will start to jump. I removed every black wire from that thing just to see what would happened and it still fired.
The reason you tap into the ground is to kill the ignition system so your unburnt fuel makes it back to the tips.
So if someone can show me how to kill my ignition with the button while the plugs fire, I'll be a happy camper.