[Tommy]

This discussion reminds me of an experimental top fuel dragster I saw at the Garlits Museum. Seeing that the blower on an early hemi consumed about a thousand horsepower, the builder replaced the blower with a very large compressed air bottle. The design did allow more of the engine's power to go to driving the wheels, but it weighed so much there was a drop in overall performance. .... A compressor used to cool incoming air would result in an increase in gross engine output, but as was said earlier, the net would likely be a drop in overall performance.