A turbocharger/supercharger is basically an air compressor. lol.gif wink1.gif

An actual air compressor would be too restrictive, and compressing air creates heat, which means less power. Which means you would be running an intercooler, and you would be running the compressor off the car's own battery. A turbocharger runs off the car's exhaust, which is a hell of a lot more powerful than any battery. B)

 

If you want to cool your intake charge down without losing power then i would go with a nitrous oxide kit. hooked up right and tuned right your engine will produce more power and still last just as long as it would w/o nitrous. Nitrous adds an extra oxygen molecule to the intake charge while cooling it at the same time. Nitrous by itself is NOT flammible. But when added to the intake charge it accelerates cumbustion along with cooling the intake charge.

 

If you think of it "bang for the buck" wise. even a 35 HP shot of Nitrous is your best performance dollar. 35 WHP for $500 vs maybe 10 WHP for a $200 AEM intake. The added bonus is you can increase the nitrous (and fuel) as your demand/need for speed grows.