It has been done for years on 18wheelers nothing new.

 

The horsepower required to further compress compressed air with a Fan like a Radix would offset most if not all expected gains. A true compressor might fair better but not much

 

Here is one way to do it. It was in Hotrod a few months back. Everyone has to do something different.

http://www.lateral-g.org/sandlin/

 

Yep that's the one.

 

I remember that car! It faired well on the power tour too. His underconstruction pics were my desktop for the longest time!

 

I don't think it would be too complicated to get it set-up but a twin-turbo, or a bigger centrifugal would be much more efficient/cost effective.

 

For all that time and money trying to build a system like that just strap an jet engine to the back of the truck.

Look at these things the Shockwave burns up 120gal of Diesel a run thats wild, when you turn it on think how much fuel that takes.

I say take a the twin-turbo set-up out of a one of the new semi-truck's and roll with that.

Is "Ford" making that twin-turbo F-250 still anyone care to answer?

 

the idea of turbo charging a supercharger has been around since the 50's.
the first days of hot roding yielded some very good ideas and some innovative craftsmanship
in making it work.
seen allot of this on the discovery channel and the history channel.
the main problem they had back then was that most of the motors was not able to handle the power out put, weak camshafts, poor head designs, and faulty carburetors.
as most of us know the max fuel pump pressure back then was 7 pounds.
with a turbo producing 10 plus psi in to a carb hat some had problems of air being pushed back down through the fuel line pressuring the fuel tank.
since then with fuel injection it has come up time and time again of a turbo feeding a supercharger air to help it make power sooner and make more power for a faster run.
the idea is still around but for some reason you do not really see it at the track,
the most I have seen it now is on the big rigs to help the truck pull a load easier down the road.
the application is used more for a work horse then a race horse.

 

wow i had no idea,

 

yea, turbos + carbs = teh s4dn3ss