why not an electric supercharger?

[98SteedaGT]

That would take one heck of a Motor keep up with even a 3.0L engine. As was mentioned earlier, the electrical requirements would over take the vehicles electrical system. Not to mention how hot and heavy it would be. Electrical motors of that caliber exist, but they are noisy and bulky. The voltage problem wouldn't be so bad, but the Amps is what would kill you, you would need a lot of them to turn an impeller to get significant boost. I have seen them before on import cars that have 1-2 L engines. Another issue is rev speed and latency. That engine would prob be able to vary speed faster than the electric motor could.

I would think that the whole internal combustion system is outdated, there are far greater sources of energy in the world than gasoiline. Take Strong and Weak Nuclear forces for example, if you could harness that kind of power, you could put wings on your car and take off... I personally would like to see a SlipStream or Wormhole drive (and no, I am not a Trekie, these are real science theories.).. Imagine racing someone with a SlipStream engine, you could let your oponent get all the way to the finish line, then let'er rip, and get to the finish line in time to turn around and see yourself still at the start about to leave..... now that's real speed!!!....