Compressed Air: How to Make 2,800 Horsepower Without a Blower, Turbo, or Nitrous. Mickey Thompson’s Thermocharger made compressed-air supercharging “a thing” more than 50 years ago.

The provocative press release was still live in 2023, 16 years after its creation, on the Tata Motors corporate website. Dated February 5, 2007, and titled “An Engine Which Uses Air as Fuel ...