I did some research and it turns out the nice folks over in london have developed a way to convert modern petrol engines into air hybrids. I wrote a nice article for it, and thought I would share it with this thread. There is no scientific report on how this is actually done, but I have posted my theory in the article.
Article:
How to convert your engine to air hybrid
Converting to an air hybrid engine is very interesting, so how would you convert an engine into an air hybrid?