I would say that it may kick the efficiency up a few notches...
...But it is guaranteed to have a quirk afterwards, and the the risk will be fairly high that it will be something like one of the more outrageous quirks from the early days of Fenspace.
E.g.: if you were to 'Wave the warp core in the USS Enterprise (No A, B, C, D, or E) you'd need to be playing the suite from Star Trek: The Motion Picture in order to even get it going at all. (Idle operation is just fine, but the moment they start calling for warp speed...)
...But it is guaranteed to have a quirk afterwards, and the the risk will be fairly high that it will be something like one of the more outrageous quirks from the early days of Fenspace.
E.g.: if you were to 'Wave the warp core in the USS Enterprise (No A, B, C, D, or E) you'd need to be playing the suite from Star Trek: The Motion Picture in order to even get it going at all. (Idle operation is just fine, but the moment they start calling for warp speed...)