Out of about 20 986s I've bought (many as salvage) two of the '01s had rods that were in pieces. One looked like a bolt failure and the other was hard to tell from the pieces, but the bearings were mostly bad.
Woody actually built a 'stealth' front spoiler into this car hidden under the bumper:
For most of the Rallycross cars, pushing a pile of air around in front of the car is not as much of a problem as keeping the keeping the tires in contact with solid ground. More HP just means you are throwing more dirt unless you are firmly planted.
As with most motorsport "Slow is smooth and smooth is fast." I'm still working on that: