Fixing our cheap supercharged V8 Jaguar! | Project Jaaaag Ep.6

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Project Jaaaag reaches its next stage, with this video's aim being to completely refresh the front subframe, making the underside of the car spotless before sorting everything on top! Oh, and Mike sits in a 2002 F1 car!
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[@bradley8187]

We need hammonds workshop in the USA please help us

[@jedpetersen3806]

Please tell me you didn't use the old rusted factory bolts 🤦 because it sure looked like you did🤣🤔😒😵😡

[@MrInnerCircle]

13 mins Video with roughly 7 mins of Filler/Ads... When´s are you going to add more clickbait?

[@Borcheltski]

Working on the car starts at the 6:00

[@mwpanda98]

Keep doing God’s work my friend

[@affalaffaa]

Quite. No one gives a toss about post 1980's-90's F1 livery

[@Schnooblers]

@@affalaffaa i think you'll find you're very wrong. i loved the section about the jaguar F1 team, as many would have.

[@benn87]

@@affalaffaa Speak for yourself. I like F1 a lot. Old and new.

[@caprise-music6722]

@@mwpanda98 more like the devils work

[@rhydtuned]

Mike - you need to reconsider the format. Recently there's way too much waffle, showing stuff that's not on topic and solid sections all about advertising. I'm here for the nut and bolt action, which is becoming the smallest part of every upload 👎

[@jasonpoler]

If you want content with no fluff, go pay and watch Richard Hammond's Workshop.

[@rhydtuned]

@@jasonpoler I do 👍

[@palmeristo]

Oh no!.. Anyway.

[@DWboy14]

Completely agree

[@yummypuddles3135]

Who asked?

[@vincentohara2520]

At 11:58 You are re-using the original rusty sub-frame bolts - Why?

[@iandavis8725]

I thought the same. Please don’t tell me they put the same one in they partly rounded off too.

[@Yvolve]

Very cool to see Swallows Racing develop suspension specifically to mimic the Jag ride quality, yet make them adjustable. Really curious how it will handle once they're done! My personal favourite is still the XJR though, because it looks so sinister.

[@Drivetribe]

Richard's car is gangster AF, but this XK will be super special once it's finessed 🤌

[@Yvolve]

@@Drivetribe I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how the XK is going to come out. It's a great car as well, I love Jag's in general, but if I had to make the choice it would be the XJR. Mainly just happy to see a Jag project, as most car channels do muscle cars, JDM or German sedans.

[@johnnybebad2384]

Next on adtribe he's what a Jag looks like and here's a 7 min message from our sponsor and here's 1 minute of content. oops I mean here's another ad

[@BiglumpADV]

Once this car is built there's only one thing needed, get Clarkson to drive it and do his smug "jaaaaaggggg" face 😂

[@LostinWales]

Can’t wait to see the inevitable colab between yourself (Richard too) & Alex

[@jonhill7081]

Only Drivetribe can make a 13 minute video and get a whole 6 minutes in without anything happening at all... 🙄

[@bumpedhishead636]

Sorry Jag fans, but I have to go with the Lotus black & gold John Player Special cars as my favorite F1 livery. Jaguar and the Mclaren Marlboro cars round out my top 3. I do love the Jaguar 44 Le Mans cars!

[@mwpanda98]

Can we stop this 90% advert and bull that has nothing to do with the video title

[@audybharksuwana2041]

The Jaguar F1 livery still one of my favorites of all time.

[@dave6445]

YESSSS we might get to hear this one running with its new exhaust on. Hope Mike don't forget the Lambda sensors, this time! 😀

[@yordaman1]

This is turning into a Fernie channel, not the one with the lads that I was expecting when it started up. I’m sure Mike’s a nice guy, but not my style of presenter. It’s also quite heavy on the advertising, although many other car YTers are doing this as well……but doesn’t make it any better to watch. Can’t see me sticking with this channel if it stays like this for much longer……not trying to be offensive, just my opinion on where the channel has been going….

[@aryapirooz770]

Lotus jps is the best livery. Its the best, sorry not sorry

[@Zealdave2223]

The greatest Fl1 livery "John Player Special" The black and gold was what I grew up with, so it must be the best.

[@new2vero2]

They need to replace this kid .. He is so forgettable and bland .. He would be better suited BEHIND camera. Hammond , Clarkson , and May should replace him with someone that has better camera presence.. The worst is when he brings on a guest .. you can tell how awkward the guest feel’s trying to engage with him ..He lacks interpersonal skills .. ( sorry but it’s the truth )

[@rondotterer7477]

I mean isn’t it technically an American Jag?

[@ArnoSchmidt70]

Best F1 livery ever: Black and Gold from John Player Special.

[@whatwhatyep]

Nahhh

[@SabotsLibres]

Never quite understood the "I've been Mike" bit. Surely you are still Mike. It's like asking someone on the phone "...what was your name...?" Their name is STILL what it was when the conversation begun... I feel it should be "I'm Mike and this was...[insert episode info here]..."

[@ljones396]

Gotta love Americanisms...

[@Ny5angels]

I wonder how much all of this would cost. The tune up, coolant pipes, supercharger pulleys, gaskets, powder coating, bushings, etc. I’d love all this done to my 2002 XJR 100, but I’m in the US and would prefer to have it in the hands of these guys who are completely familiar with this era of Jags.

[@marnojunta7604]

Please add some time stamps. I know your ads are paying the bills. But, it breaks the flow of your video.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Sorry, Mike - that is not the nicest livery ever. Not even close IMO! And while I’m here I might as well suggest you read the comment from Pottier Kurt below. This is becoming a common refrain, and it definitely has some merit. I’m not sure if Drivetribe is having a difficult time driving revenue, but more and more of the shows now are taken up by advertising/sponsors. This one was a particular disappointment. You are at the risk losing lots of dedicated ‘Drivetribers.’ I hope your crew gets together and sorts this out soon.

[@caphowdy666]

The Jag F1 livery is one of my favourites, but the best? Nah. The JPS Lotus. The Marlboro McLaren. The Rothmans Williams. The B&H Jordan. The 7-Up Jordan. The Orange Arrows. Not just a list of liveries better, but also more iconic.

[@tonybell4447]

Nice but nothing beats the livery of the 1972 John Player Lotus

[@FredrikFridsten]

Unfortunately no. The best looking F1 livery of all times was the black and gold Lotus JPS. 🙂

[@whatwhatyep]

I prefer the Marlboro Honda. Or the simple Brawn design from 2009. The lotus looked better parked up than racing. The JPS livery looked better on the Rotary Nortons back in the 90s. The dash of grey made the gold pop more.

[@proesterchen]

Thank you for actually showing the work in this episode! 👍👍

[@ashleyleonard1479]

I noticed on the last episode of Hammond’s xj that they said “we’ve done this, we’ve done that” but we only got to see the finished product and not the work. Kind of ruined it me and as for them there’s a lot more content in that

[@Drivetribe]

The Smallest Cog has been very busy recently so we weren't able to film the nitty gritty of Richard's XJ work. Thank you for the feedback, we'll aim to make the future episodes as in-depth as we can 🙂 - Mike

[@ashleyleonard1479]

@@Drivetribe I understand you’re very busy with the smallest cog and I appreciate that. I just love seeing the work on the cars too. I hope we catch some more of it in future episodes. The episodes are still enjoyable to watch too 👌

[@spent808]

Ads, stealth ads and a video about removing the front subframe....with out actually showing how to remove the front subframe. Well done.

[@dazzx10r]

My cousin drove the Jaguar R4 in the later half of 2003, I have a signed minichamps model of the very car.

[@seansimmons5071]

This is dead if it carries on like this, advert and 2 mins of nothing 😑

[@Riothamus]

F1 liveries I have to disagree, for me the best ever is the Lotus John Player Special black and gold from the '70's.

[@JohnFromAccounting]

This has been a very fun series, the best Drivetribe project cars easily.

[@Drivetribe]

Thank you!

[@smh28v6]

Why do you keep saying that the car is from Japan when it was originally sold in the US?

[@ALLTHINGSTV1]

serious clickbait thumbnail and just another vid to make money on adverts

[@MrLipp24]

In Todays episode,, we remove a few screws and some bolts, show you some cars and a few adverts

[@oldanslo]

Ouch. Multiple uses of the J-word which is considered an ethnic slur.

[@ThomasDoubting5]

The amount of advertising what can I say. P

[@boneav83]

Have a day off Mike, its not even top 10 best looking F1 liveries

[@christopherclayton7392]

So nearly half the video with nothing on the jaguar the video is about.

[@ToTheGAMES]

Cool. A 5 minute video.

[@dbunik44]

what's the "special" socket...did you put a gator grip on that bolt :)

[@paulriggers1558]

naw, they brayed a smaller socket on...

[@MirageProductions]

It's pretty difficult to find decent shock mounts for these cars now.

[@MegaRetr]

we need longer episodes!!

[@Games_and_Music]

2:20 I do like it a lot, and it's kinda funny because i was discussing livery ideas recently with someone, and i suggested that Red Bull could do their cars in my favorite flavor color, which would be the green from the Cactusfruit flavor. I made a quick Photoshop mockup of what i would think it might look like, and i could've sworn that it reminded me of something, and now i know what it reminded me of, haha, it's this livery. Although mine had a couple more magenta highlights, that is used on the Red Bull can (and is the color of the actual soda), and of course the Red Bull logo would add more yellow/orange coloring to it, but otherwise my concept was pretty much the same as this one. I would like to see Red Bull try out their rainbow of flavors over a season.

[@92Cuky_]

Just a small nitpick: That is not 2002 Jaguar R3. From how the car (especially around sidepods) is shaped I'd guess that it is a 1999 Stewart SF-3 in Jaguar colors that was used as a show car

[@Zaviex]

You’re right but show cars sadly are often billed as a completely different model from what they are. I’ve seen many people send me a picture of a Frankenstein car Red Bull said was the rb16 and it’s a mix of rb13 and 12 parts

[@diegoramdhani2799]

I love drive tribe but these advertisements are getting out of hand

[@atodaso1668]

I prefer the old cigarette car brandings. The camel Williams car was sweet.

[@hf7188]

McLaren Marlboro, Lotus JPS, Benetton Ford, Williams Renault , heck, Brawn GP sponserless livery are all more memorable and beautiful.

[@SkipperMacky]

JPS👌👌👌

[@ROBBO0206]

This channel is pretty much has nothing to do with jezza,James & richard anymore like the start,it’s just just Mike doing adverts and vaguely referencing the originals boys old projects

[@kevinhammond9864]

So the blame is the UK not manufacturers making cars to last in the UK 🤔

[@Jimmy_Broadbent]

2:18 we about to have a fight Mike 😡

[@Drivetribe]

That leaper though 😬

[@Adam-lw5mr]

why is everyone hating on drivetribe recently???

[@Alexandra-Rex]

It's a nice livery for sure, but have you forgotten about the Lotus black and gold livery?

[@dammyo6010]

The John Player special

[@BansheeBunny]

How long will it take your Japanese British car to become a British British car?

[@qasimmir7117]

If that don’t seal it up on the bottom and arches then probably by next week.🤣

[@mickthemonkey]

Nope, JPS livery was the greatest ever.

[@harbl99]

4:07 -- "All we know is, he's called The Puddlesucker."

[@businessjetguru1298]

I've watched six episodes. All I see is a constant barrage of product placement and plugs for sponsors, Hammonds restoration business and Swallows. If I wanted an overload of commercials, I'd return to watching cable. At least with regular advertising-based TV I can tell the difference between the program and the adverts. Sadly, Hammond doesn't seem terribly interested. Mostly he's barely involved with actually working on the cars and gives an occasional interview where he shows his advancing years talking about his past glories with UK Radio, Tope Gear, Grand Tour, etc.. Shockingly bad content aimed at making scads of money with as little trouble as possible for the producers...

[@whatwhatyep]

Why has everybody started crying about every little thing. Adverts fair enough. Not seeing the special socket though. Come on. This isn't a pure KZbin channel like MCM they're ex TV people with TV sensibilities. You're getting free content nonetheless, unless like me you subscribe to premium. Seriously though. It's true what they say. "Give them an inch and they'll take a mile." Would you complain to management after receiving a free cheese or sausage sample? The world has become so entitled.

[@TheMrSelby]

I love that British people simultaneously love British cars and hate on them at the same time. Its like " Buy a jag, They're really cool cars. but they're extremely unreliable and will cost you an arm and a leg but they're cool and British so get one anyway"

[@satoau1]

in case anyone is wondering, here in japan car shops don't gouge on maintenance. my 6 monthly oil change and tune up costs about $50. every 2 years we're required by law to get a more thorough inspection and anything worn or dodgy has to be repaired. minimum cost for this is about $1000 per, though for cars over 10 years old it's usually closer to the $2000 mark with parts needing to be replaced. people happily do regular maintenance because it's cheap and hassle-free, and there's no way to opt out of the thorough jobs that do cost a lot.

[@tobyytlai]

The 3-minute video plus 10-minute advert format is proving to be popular (chuckles)

[@justawhisperintheuniverse8257]

I like watching these, but not finishing or supporting due to the Red Bull sponsorship. Clarkson's recent tirade certainly doesn't help. Still undecided about dropping completely, but some serious PR is in order.

[@stagnite2]

Interesting. Assuming the XKR had CATS suspension from new, how will you prevent CATS FAILURE message popping up?

[@chrismalikoff9949]

Excellent content, but the constant cuts to slo-mo are tiresome at best.

[@roberti76]

Love the series. Love drivetribe. Too much KZbin ads plus internal sponsor waffle creeping in guys. Too much too long to repetitive. Let's get on with cars less car vertical.

[@adammcallister2260]

I’m all for this project and channel but half the video wasn’t about the car. I know you’ve got to get that sponsor in but surely there was enough content to stretch without having to tell us about an F1 car for a bit. That’s my only major gripe with this channel.

[@trazyntheinfinitehereforur828]

even in countries that dont salt roads or havent in a long time there still the chance of corrosion the salt just makes it occur faster NZ stopped salting by the 80's [it wasnt even a wide spread method anyways] yet my 97 honda has a reasonable amount of rust probably due to the salt water it lives by and the fact its a small honda thats been bashed about since atleast the mid 2000s

[@quantaccount4337]

Love the work gents, but let's not pretend all work done thusfar has been for less than £6k (w/o all the sponsoring and at ‘normal market rates’)...

[@GrumpyMunkyGameDesign]

Best F1 Livery? And its not Mika's McClaren? Erm.... No. Mika Vs Schumacher era was legendary for me, and Ferrari Vs McClaren were the peak of Racing Liveries, not this green garbage.

[@derekr1113]

Nothing cheap going on here. Rich man buys lots of cars, unlimited budget, produces average car as a result. Lots of advertising padding - avoid

[@Faithinthedock]

No.. JPS Black n Gold Lotus in the 80's piloted by Ayrton Senna was way way way better looking!!!!

[@conjo4567]

'looks like all the airbags went off' a literal lie, clearly only 1 airbag went off as you can see in the picture. Whatever about the ads. But a blatant lie impresses no one. Yes we want to know about an accident but please don't lie

[@marcl.1346]

Mate, I need to know where you got that Jaguar racing jacket.

[@cathallaverty1599]

Same somthing I never knew I needed until now 😂😂

[@Dan-C-71]

Not even close to the greatest F1 livery ever. That would be Black Beauty, Mario Andretti’s Lotus 78

[@hamdanali2036]

only like 3m of actual content. rest is random centenaries, sponsorships, and pointless fillers. cmon guys spend more time showing actual work on the car rather than dragging it out

[@charlesbodmanwhittaker4578]

we need longer episodes!!

[@Snugglez187]

The advertising to content ratio has just about reached the point where I'm going to stop watching these videos. You're alienating your audience.

[@rick74304]

Or, stop buying any british cars that use panels not designed to be corrosion resistant. Honda, toyota, ect all learned that lesson when the cars they sent to north America fell apart from rust & ruined their reputation for years afterwards.

[@stephenjameson4787]

Japan experiences more cold weather and snow than the UK. What are they using on their roads, and why isn't the UK doing what they're doing?

[@gariusjarfar1341]

I bought a Rover SD1, it broke down at peak hour causing a mass traffic jam that caused the police to turn of traffic lights in order to sort out the traffic jam at Sydney airport and central Sydney roads. That got me on the news that day.

[@myxrutefalcon269]

G'day Mike. We convicts oer here in Australia 🇦🇺 also have rhd jaaaags and more than Japan

[@martyhowie75]

It took 6 minutes to start. The video only 13 minutes. That’s not much content except for advertising.

[@roberth.4074]

As a kid I had a hot wheels size die cast toy of tris car. Absolutely the reason I love dark metallic green pain on anything automotive.

[@gariusjarfar1341]

Now I've seen your XJR, I'm hankering for another XJ Jaguar. Now I dream of the smell of dripping oil in my garage.

[@gariusjarfar1341]

After owning a 70's Jaguar for 11 yrs, I could go from break down to running in 15 minutes, only using a screwdriver.

[@pedersenist]

Mike has problem when he buys a matching driver suit just to sit in a car and then he thinks Jaguar looks better than Ferrari😂

[@califortae]

Fitting you're wearing a Redbull Beanie considering what the Jag team eventually became XD

[@luckyshotjpg]

The ads for Liqui-Moly and CarVertical make me less likely to use their products tbh

[@Metal05]

You being paid by RB to wear that hat?

[@jim-stacy]

Who else was hoping to see a frankenstiened Xjr running gear Jag F1 car? Disappointed!

[@Khuros]

Project jaag. The series were we do nothing on screen. Why are you guys doing all the work off camera? Where is the time lapses?

[@BigSteve_Gaming187]

Surprised you didn't change out the drive axel shafts going through that much trouble... 🤔

[@terryhayward7905]

Jags from the UK rust away, the moral of the story is, buy a Volvo 😅🤣 ( Sorry ).

[@aston-s]

The touring car X-Type you mentioned (and showed us last week) any plans to get it on a track for the channel?

[@colinporter2919]

Plans to race it

[@WeeWillyWeiner]

Please don't make the exhaust sound like a trombone aka every ricer Corsa in the UK.

[@MichaelBradley1967]

Why rebuild the entire front end, and not blast & powder coat the wheel hubs?

[@davidpeters6536]

I want a a Mk 10 with a Daimler V8 4.5 engine. What's it going to cost?

[@dooberrypie]

50% of this episode has been completely irrelevant!!

[@jonelburn8055]

John Player Special Lotus in black and gold is the best F1 livery