After reading a bit more
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204091 all I can say is leave well enough alone... If you want stupid power buy a stupid car and do stupid things to it until your brain eats itself...
The 1M is such a better car than the Lotus for the money, you have fit and finish that makes the Lotus look like a cheap used kit car and I know because my wife has a 535i.
You guys have a bitchin car and I doubt you will ever be able to make it any better in the real world...
Don't waste your money, no one wants a modified used and abused car when you deside one day to trade up.
Don't let this happen to you..