Throwing my hands up on this ignition!

Right! Amps is the measure of CURRENT FLOW. More amps will jump a wider gap.
NO IT WONT ! JUST TRY TO JUMP A PLUG GAP WITH YOUR CAR BATTERY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENES. IF YOU CLOSE THE GAP TO A POINT WHERE A SPARK OCCURS SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PLUG WHILE READING AN AMP METER! IF YOU DON'T NEED HIGHER VOLTAGE THEN WHY THE HELL DO YOU NEED A COIL IN THE FIRST PLACE? Of course you could try to take a voltage reading with your meter connected to the coil wire and this would prove a point.