When you say you ran a wire from the battery negative to the “module/coil/relay bracket” , do you mean you grounded the bracket that holds the module, coil, and relay, or do you mean that you grounded the module, and you grounded the coil, and you grounded the relay, and the bracket? I’m sure you mean each individual item, but just making sure.
I take it this is a new install, not an HEI that was previously running and now has a no start issue, correct?
The distributor drive shaft wasn’t installed 180° out what is it?
Can you post the wiring diagram you followed?