a smaller pulley would be way cheaper and better for the car than running nitrous. why would she be opposed?
How are those TR6's burning? Most tend to find them pretty cold for a stock pulley and low compression.
You should also be able to run a gap upwards of .060
kinda weird considering the car should drive no different under light throttle/boost conditions so long as the tune isnt drastically different. a pulley won't make that much of a difference unless it comes with a large amount of valvetrain work.