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That is a great idea Compound boost. This is not a hack
The benefit, besides having easy to get stock parts, is that you can basically ignore the inefficiencies of the turbo and the supercharger and still arrive at higher boost levels.
So if the the stock turbo car ran at 8 psi and the supercharged version ran at 8 psi you will run at 16psi without maxing out the turbo or the supercharger's efficiency.
I would say the greatest benefits would be to use them in parallel. You would need one MAF sensor or equal then split and an air check and a bypass valve for both the turbo and supercharger. Then into the compressor and out, then the other side of the bypass valve and another check valve. Then they could combine to go to the intercooler. There could be a clutch on the input shaft on the supercharger (like on the MK1 SC MR2) so the supercharger handles low end then the clutch disengages and the turbo is already up to speed and you dont waste power driving a supercharger.edit: The check valves probably should be (2) three way valve controlled by difference in pressure between the two air paths.
Where's the guy that built that twin-charged Subie wagon on the old board. He went through an handful of setups and eventually dropped teh SC altogether, if memory serves.
He should have some good insight to the real-world uses of these setups...
I have been lurking around here for awhile, thought I would sign up. I came across this last week. MANIC BEATTIE. He is using a APU turbine from a helicopter to drive the exhaust turbine of a turbo. There is a couple of videos on youtube. Supposed to be zero turbo lag.
I've seen pictures of a twin-charged Ion Redline. Same motor, essentially the same car/chassis.
