TBH I'd go for it, not every car has to be built to the highest efficiency / driveability / performance etc whatever, especially when it's just for a bit of fun.
Just do it for the wank factor, experience, knowledge and so on.
Fully keen to try this on my diesel, so I may just do so....
There's a lot of cats here dishing out contradictory information on the subject, yet none (including me) have ever had any 1st hand experience with this sort of setup. It's all just repeating other peoples opinions that they have heard from.