Relocated Battery, Now Won't Keep Charge!!

[rico05]

Ok, the only thing that I can think of is that I did not reinstall the manifold-to-chassis-to-battery negative lead. Could this be the issue? I set the battery on the ground (bad idea) and of course, when I got everything back together, it would not start. We jumped it, and at idle, it held 12.7X volts (according to my HKS E-01 timer). I went for a charge up drive, and turned my lights on, and all was fine. After a few blocks, I look down to see the volts at 10.x!!! All of a sudden, the car chugged then dies. We jumped it again, let it sit hooked up, and got under way. Car would not run for s***. Wouldn't rev, wouldn't go, nothing. I got about 3 blocks going <3mph, when it dies again.

The only changes I made when putting it in were:-2 gauge power cable-2 gauge negative cable, grounded to the spare tire hold down location. Yes, I ground off the paint first.

Everything is hooked up, just the old negative cable that went from the battery to the chassis, then to the intake mani. Could that cause my battery woes? It seems that there is a drain somewhere, but there is nothing grounding out, the negative battery cable is not hot, and at idle, with e-fans off, lights off, etc it would hold OVER 12v. The battery is now toasted...it won't even show over 10.5 volts jumpered to a running car. I am at a loss.

[k00laid83]

ok well i bought a conversion box for my honda civic when i did my swap, and i put the battery in the trunk of course. but i never had that problem the only thing that i feel thats giving you a problem is that you don't have enough ground.

so what i did was i bought a stereo distribution box with 60 amp gold fuses. i hooked up all the wiring to that for extra protection, but point being while i was doing all that i ran another wire from the original stock ground point to the new ground point in the trunk to help. i used 16 gauge wire, but if that doesnt fix it then you probably need a new alternator or it could be your starter.