You might be able to shoehorn a small, front-mount intercooler in. Intake charge air temp is not as much of a factor in a supercharged application as compared to a turbo, due to the mechanical/ thermal heat transfer between the intake and exhaust halves of the turbo.

As far as launches and turbo-lag go, Buick and GMC overcame that at drags pretty easily with a low boost spool-up launch @ about 5 P.S.I.