Cheapest ways to increase power

I sort of agree. I only have experiance with nitrous on the slant six. I have hurt forged pistons with a 150 shot, on 225 cubes. But have also not hurt stock cast pistons on 225 shot on a 170 engine. It is a matter of the tune up.
I do agree it is a cheaper way to go quick, but not necessaraly because of a lack of ability to build NA engine. I'm strickly a low dollar racer. There is no way I can afford to build a 12 sec "A' body NA slant six car. The cost of machining alone is more then my fogger system. My car is almost 4 sec quicker on the bottle, then NA. The other niice thing about my motor is, if I do hurt a piston, it is a cheap fix. I just pull another stock piston/rod assy out of the used parts box, and put it in. Easy/peasey
We run for the most part in our engines KB with a special coating on the skirt and top of the pistons for heat. You also have to set the ring gap bigger because the heat will cuae the rings to expand and seize up the pistion or destroy the cylinder walls!