I think that might be coincidence.
you blew the fuseable link to the main harness, shuts down all electrical including spark.
excess fuel into the hot exhaust and pop like a shot.
if I were going to bet, you probably started over charging due to a bad VR, blew the fuseable link and it died.
but that is just a guess without doing tests with a voltmeter.
After finally getting a little time to check out my car....upon closer inspection, of the bulkhead today, the fuseable link wire is literally burned in two! So That I assume caused the total shutdown of the car, when I was driving it. Now I need to figure out why the wires burned up. I will take Andrew's feedback, and check out the VR, and probably the alternator as well.
