but I am not familiar enough with the geography to know if that would work.
56er,
I can't speak intelligently about a gasoline engine, but on a diesel engine the aim of the piston cooler is of extreme importance for component longevity. For example, if the cooler is not aimed properly, then the sleeve and ring wear is actually worse than having low piston cooler pressure due to the heat transfer across the piston - one side of the piston gets hotter than the other and severely scores the liner and creates uneven ring wear which also creates even more sleeve scoring. I know from talking to engineers for Mack that alot of engineering and testing is involved in proper piston cooler volumes, aiming and piston design inorder to keep the 'runoff' oil coming off from the piston out the path of the 'squirter'. Every manufacturer has tools designed to align the piston cooler.
I have no idea how you would determine proper 'squirter' alignment and volume, runoff from the piston, and let alone bottom piston design.
One thing to consider, if you can come up with a way to install coolers, is that several diesel manufacturers have, for 2010 emissions engines, designed a valve in the oiling system that changes the flow rate to the coolers via an ECU controlled solenoid depending on engine load and injection pressure. They have gone to this for the sole purpose of increasing fuel economy. Mack/Volvo claim an additonal one to two tenths of a mile/gallon increase in economy due to horsepower savings from oil pump parasitic draw.
But I'm confident that if you can get some 'squirters' functioning that you could use the same concept, in reverse, to only cool the pistons at proper time just prior to and during the nitrous shot.
Sounds like a great project. I'd love to see this in action. Good luck.