Pertronix...Did I do it right ?

Installed the pointless ignition ( 1381A ) and Flame Thrower coil today. Directions says to eliminate the resistor so made a double male spade jumper wire to take the place of resistor. Hot wire to + on coil in addition to red + from Pertronix unit and black - from Pertronix to neg - on coil. The reason I'm asking is after a little running it was hard to start and acting like when the system was burning out coils due to a bad ignition switch. It was borderline overheating when hard to start ( overheating addressed tomorrow ). THX