battery ground out... loss in power

[BoostMonger]

i was criusing down the highway and my battery slid over and the positive terminal touched my bov and ground and shorted out the battery.. i custom made a temp cooling pipe with flex pipe and it was touching my frame which is why this was the only time this has happened, the grounding wire from the battery to a ground beneath the igniter was fried, and i lost power to my stereo for a couple seconds and it came back on with static noise.
i pulled over sorted everything out and went back on the highway towards home but the car was lacking horsepower and had a different exhaust tone. my a/f ratio looked good.
what could be the cause of the lack of power? im tempted to sell this thing and start from scratch.

 

[Maple191]

First off dont be cheap next time and invest in a battery tie down. Secound, even if you do sell it, they dont get any easier as they get older. And Third you deffantly blew some fuses or fryed a relay/wiring.

Replace what is noticeable first. Like you mentioned the ground strap. You'd be supprised what can happen with out it.

 

[BoostMonger]

I'm praying this is why I lost my horses


It turned into an N/A

Pretty gnarly 12 volts could arc all along a ring of flex pipe of cut it in half.

Im pretty lucky that's all it did and didn't decide to fry a piece of harness. Maybe this car does love me

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[BoostMonger]

First off dont be cheap next time and invest in a battery tie down. Secound, even if you do sell it, they dont get any easier as they get older. And Third you deffantly blew some fuses or fryed a relay/wiring.

Replace what is noticeable first. Like you mentioned the ground strap. You'd be supprised what can happen with out it.

I have a big battery and it doesn't really slide. I just had a pipe that was closer to the positive terminal and it punked my ass. And btw I'm not cheap. I spend way to much on my car. I just haven't worked up a tie down

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[Poodles]

At least put caps over the terminals (like they do from the factory)

 

[BoostMonger]

At least put caps over the terminals (like they do from the factory)

Oh I did ha

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[BoostMonger]

mods can go ahead and delete this thread. please and thanks