{"id":693816,"date":"2010-03-17T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=39898"},"modified":"2010-03-17T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T19:00:39","slug":"st-patrick%e2%80%99s-day-reader%e2%80%99s-rides-joe%e2%80%99s-2002-vw-jetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/693816","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick\u2019s Day Reader\u2019s Rides:  Joe\u2019s 2002 VW Jetta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/readers-rides-joes-2002-vw-jetta\/32440390100_large\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39899\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/32440390100_large-500x375.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"2002 VW Jetta\" title=\"32440390100_large\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39899\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winters are hard in Maine, hard enough to make men do crazy things.  Things like asking, \u201cHow much horsepower can I get from a 1.8 liter VW turbocharged motor and still keep it drivable on the street?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-39898\"><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/readers-rides-joes-2002-vw-jetta\/32440390029_large\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39900\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/32440390029_large-500x328.jpg?resize=500%2C328\" alt=\"2002 VW Jetta\" title=\"32440390029_large\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39900\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Simas appears to have answered that very question.  His 2002 Jetta rides on an Easy Street air suspension, wears a Wings West J-Spec body kit and sports a shaded flaming skull on the hood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/readers-rides-joes-2002-vw-jetta\/32440390117_large\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39901\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/32440390117_large-500x328.jpg?resize=500%2C328\" alt=\"2002 VW Jetta\" title=\"32440390117_large\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39901\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s what\u2019s under the hood that makes this Jetta stand out from the crowd.  Joe is running an AEM water \/ methanol injection setup, a DEI Cry02 intercooler sprayer, a larger GT 3076R turbo, beefed up internals, an ABD Big Intake manifold, an ATP 3 exhaust manifold, a 3 inch exhaust, upgraded fuel injectors and Unitronic 630cc BT software.  The result?  490 horsepower at the front wheels on 117 octane race gas.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, you didn&#8217;t think we&#8217;d let St. Patrick&#8217;s day slide without featuring a green car, did you?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VnksosI9n-f7s3pDA9bGtg6U5iA\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VnksosI9n-f7s3pDA9bGtg6U5iA\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VnksosI9n-f7s3pDA9bGtg6U5iA\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VnksosI9n-f7s3pDA9bGtg6U5iA\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winters are hard in Maine, hard enough to make men do crazy things. Things like asking, \u201cHow much horsepower can I get from a 1.8 liter VW turbocharged motor and still keep it drivable on the street?\u201d Joe Simas appears to have answered that very question. His 2002 Jetta rides on an Easy Street air [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1332,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2UuA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}