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ign. ballast resistor bypass runs off the starter relay.
ign. ballast resitor "run" feeds off the ign. switch.



Sorry, but NO it does not. The brown wire that goes to the coil positive side of the ballast only goes one place---back to the ign switch right through the firewall connector. It is "hot" in crank, and supplies hot battery for a hot spark during cranking. The starter relay has nothing to do with it.

Chevvies and Fords accomplish this feature right in the starter solenoid--that's why Chevvys have two small terminals on the solenoids on older cars--one terminal goes directly to the coil pos.

On Ford fender mount starter relays the second terminal works the same way.