lol, cant believe you started 4 threads all about the same thing.
so how did it go? i should of asked if you went from points to hei, cos if you have a VK type dizzy, they will already have a non ballist coil so you wont need to upgrade. its easy to check. if there is a little silver cylinder thing with a black wire attached to the coil via a bracket and to the neg - terminal, then you will need a new coil HEC715 i a good-un and 60 bucks from bursons.
sorry tigerVH, you are dead right about moving the plugs, i have just never done it that way.
i still think you should go back to square one though. take out the dizzy completely. its only one bolt so it isnt hard to do. spin the dizzy rotor around so it is pointing to 3 oclock and drop it in. it will slide back to around 2 oclock due to the teeth and cam gear engaging but that is where you want it on a holden V8. (dont do up the bolt just yet)
number one on the dizzy will now be where the little tab is that locks your dizzy onto the cap, refit all your leads clockwise, 1-2-7-8-4-5-6-3 (thanks wikipedia) then fire it up. you will need a mate to crank it while you hold the timing light to see where she is firing. if the light flashes and there is no mark within 60 degrees either way then more than likely you are 180 out.
rotate the crank to where your TDC
WAS, then go a further 360 degrees, pop off the cap, slide out the dizzy and reset the rotor to 3 oclock and slide back in and retry cranking it.
this is the easiest way i have found. i hate taking off spark plug leads, cos my current ones are a bit naff and sometimes the cable comes out when you pull it which means another 20 mins of f'ing around getting the plug back on.
let us know how it goes ey