Thank you guys for all your help!
The problem with the car ended up being totally my fault. I followed all of your advise to the letter and I am sure that will help avoid other electrical problems.
I didn't know that the alternator in my car is basically hot all the time and that the battery should be disconnected when charging. I found this out by calling Jones Racing Products. The guys that made my pulleys, brackets, and alternator. Luckily, they are located relatively close to me and they said bring it over and they would check it out and see if they could fix it (a new one is almost 300 clams) So I drove up there and within 20 minutes they fixed it! I have to tell you that these guys are really busy too, they build pulleys, brackets, dry sump systems and all kinds of cool stuff for the Sprint Car series Teams and almost any other kind of race cars. I have to tip my hat to them. These guys are workers and business is booming, but they took the time to totally hook me up at a very fair price too. Check them out at
www.jonesracingproducts.com