Pretty much all coils are meant to operate on a little ove 9volts ( I think usually 9.6) some vehicles have resistance in the coil + feed wire, others use an external resistor. There are some coils that have a built in resistor which does simplify the wiring a bit. Basically power to coil when ignition switch is in " engine run" position. With an external resistor power goes from ignition switch to either side of resistor then to coil + terminal