Can someone just run out to their car real fast for me and confirm this. When I hook up my battery, am I supposed to connect the cable marked + with the + on the battery?

 

yes

 

The lug with the two connections (one leads to the starter and one leads to the fuse box) goes to +. Negative has a single black wire that goes to the driver shock tower. As I recall, the + wire also has a yellow stripe.