I bought one when they first came out and I believe before they started including an msb ballast. i heard others who had trouble with the ballast on the early kits. After 3 years, mine finally took a dump. I see that MSD sells a .8 ohm ballast. is this the right one? if not, can someone tell me which one is right? Thanks.

I believe that's correct on the ohm rating if memory serves. Mine came with an MSD a couple years ago. They're physically larger than the stock or MP ones.

mine came with one that looks like stock, not a rectangular shape, has a ride in the middle.

a neighborhood mopar buddy hooked me up with an old stock one, but I want to get the best one I can get..

I just spoke with Don & he sent me this one & stated that they no longer use MSD(IIRC at least the coils) as their stuff is made overseas & isn't up to snuff.

they used to put Standard RU11 in their kits. the RU11's started breaking and FBO went to MSD .8 ohm ballast. i guess they changed again. i use a mopar performance .25 ohm with the FBO box and coil on my 65 coronet. seems to work o.k. in my ol' heap.

Yes ru 11 was the original resistor in the FBO kit.

You can buy them anywhere, and keep using them if you don't mind changing them once and a while.

Then they went to the .8 msd.
I sold lots of those when I was an FBO dealer, and use them in my own stuff. Never had one go bad, but who knows where msd makes them now.

For what one cost's I wouldn't be afraid to try one