Sporadic overcharging

Also just a thought, i made a short ground wire to go from one of the volt reg mounting bolts to one of the master cylinder studs just to make sure i had a good ground

That is not a bad idea, what you ALSO should consider is adding a store bought "starter cable" (eye to eye cable) from the rear of the driver side cylinder head to that same bolt. It does no good to ground the VR to the firewall if the BATTERY is not actually grounded there LOL