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Basically "supercharge" but in a use not specific to the literal raising of intake manifold pressure and flow. To "supe up", also spelled "soup up" (which makes
by myself248 3y ago
Basically "supercharge" but in a use not specific to the literal raising of intake manifold pressure and flow. To "supe up", also spelled "soup up" (which makes no sense to me as there's no broth involved), has been a common term in motorsports since at least the 1960s.
- inkcapmushroom 3y agoThe term is actually soup up, supe up is incorrect. It comes from horse racing back in the 1920's, the slang for performance enhancing drugs given to your horses was soup. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20up#word-history https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20up#word-hi...