Default [Q] Partial Nandroid restore between ICS ROMS

I have been playing around with several different ICS ROMS and the process of reinstalling can be a little tedious so I was looking for a way to speed it up. Is it possible to just restore the DATA partition via NAndroid restore when trying different ROMS without causing problems? I read thet this is not advisable with other devices such as the Captivate, but was wondering if it held true here?