Originally Posted by BLUE TII

Instead of complex turbine to engine mechanical drive train, it would be much better to just make the car a parallel gas/electric hybrid and use a high rpm generator/alternator on the turbine.

We have room to replace the starter with a much larger constantly engaged motor and no need to take the compressor off the turbo, just run a shaft off the front nut to the high speed generator/alternator through a curved turbo inlet duct with support bearings in the tube wall.

I looked into this a many years ago and the turbine driven high speed generator/alternator is patented already


You could even use the turbine's generator/alternator as a motor to spool the turbo up.