Battery Relocation Grounds?
 

So I relocated the battery to the back of the car for a while. I have been having minor electrical problems (don't know if this is causing the problems or not) However I would like to eliminate many of the possiblilities as I can.

I was starting the car one day and my dad was looking at the engine and noticed that when I started the car, I was getting sparks around the engine. I had him start the car and noticed that they are all around the grounding straps or near grounding points. I am thinking that I need a better grounding system then what I have. How should I attempt to correct this? Should I run a negative cable (like the positive cable) to the front of the car or should I try to improve the grounding connections from the negative cable?
Any other tricks?
Would this solve my problems?
Did I do much or any damage to the car?

Another symptom that is happening is that when I attempt to start the car, the car is making ticking sounds by (or is) the starter. I had this problem before but it went away for sometime. Now it has come back and I am unable to start the car. Everything else has power...

As a future mod I am going to put in a volt guage as this car did not come equip with one

Re: Battery Relocation Grounds?
 

On my Laser I ran a thick gauge ground wire from my battery to a sanded down part of the chassis to give it the best ground possible.

Re: Battery Relocation Grounds?
 

On the stealth, i actually used 4 ground wires, thick ones too. One on each strut mount(clean so there was no rust) to the body in the trunk, and to one of the rear seatbelt bolts. With that and extra grounding on the engine i've had no problem with mine.

Re: Battery Relocation Grounds?
 

You can also try cleaning the connections on your grounding straps under the hood. They could be corroded.

Re: Battery Relocation Grounds?
 

Your best ground is going to be running a wire from the - terminal on the battery and connecting it to the block. Chassis grounds can be un-reliable.

Re: Battery Relocation Grounds?
 

a 4 gauge wire or two to a rear seat belt bolt should be sufficient. I worked at innovative audo for 3 years, and having a ground cable over 3-4 feet isn't a great way to get a good ground.