I had this same issue with my first EJ swap IIRC there are 3 wires coming from the Coil pack Red,Blue,Yellow the yellow one needs power when the key is cranking and in the on position. I just jumped a hot to it to see if the car would start and sure enough VROOOM then i just ran a wire from the key to the power wire for the coil and it worked fine.
Cheers R.