It's either the coil or the ballast. Check the resistance of the coil and ballast (I don't recall the specs but google does.)

If you got 6 to 9v at the coil your good buy you probably have closer to 12v meaning the ballast isnt dropping the voltage.

If the coils smokng it means it got to much voltage at the + terminal (ballast) or it's drawing too current (coil shorted)

It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.