A bit of maintainence and some more modifications to Baby Monster...

This 2.5" inner diameter (ID) high-flow catalytic converter was removed:

and replaced with a 2.5" Boss Frog stainless-steel test pipe:

Exhaust sounds sans boost:

Vertical skirts were added underneath the body:

Tech:  Originally seen on the 1977 Formula 1 (F1) World Championship winning Lotus 78 race car, vertical side skirts were used to seal in underbody air flow and greatly improve the efficiency of underbody aerodynamic components (i.e. flat bottom, rear diffuser, etc.).  The vertical side skirts would act as walls to keep turbulent air from the outer sides of the car away from the underbody, and they would act as guides to maintain the smooth air flow under the car.  Due to various reasons (perhaps some combination of politics and safety concerns), vertical side skirts were eventually banned from F1 in 1983, and were subsequently banned or highly restricted in other racing series as well.

Luckily for us, the events we drive in don't impose any restrictions with this type of aerodynamic component.

We realized that the front splitter support rods did not support the front part of the splitter too well.  It turned out it was because the factory sheet metal that the support rod bracket was mounted to was very soft and flexible:

So we welded in an extra plate and re-did the support rod bracket:

We also dumped out oil from the Greddy oil catch can, and made the change to Mobil1 engine oil filter and Mobil1 15W-50 fullly-synthetic engine oil after what we believed was a reasonable break-in period:

To make sure our front splitter and rear wing would hold up to the massive aerodynamic loads we might see at the "fastest road in the west," we found a 145 lb. monkey to conduct some structural testing for us...

He checked the rear part of the front splitter:

He checked the front part of the front splitter:

He even checked the rear airfoil:

We are looking forward to having a great time at the WSIR Balcony and Big Track this coming weekend.  Drifting, time attack, and perhaps some wheel-to-wheel are on our agenda.  Come out and say hi if you're in the area!