Accel super coil question

I just recently bought a brand new, never used, out of the box Accel super coil http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ACC-140001/ . According to summit, I need a 0.85 ohm ballast resistor to use this coil with my points. True or false? What will happen if I don't use the extra resistor? Will it still work right or will it burn my points up quickly? I'm planning on going with a Pertronix sometime in the future, but for now I will keep the points...

 

I've heard that points don't use full 12Volts that's the reason for the resistor.

I have that coil on the falcon with no resistor but its running duraspark, great coil no problems with it in 60k miles.

 

You are good to go. Ford already has the resistor wire from the factory.

 

Cool! Now all I've got to do is find some nuts for the terminals and build a mounting bracket. But for $10, I can't complain!

 

i would love to see pictures of what you end up with.