Japfest - Track action in a £200 Mazda! With bodgery

[@roooooooory]

That was about the most Hubnut thing I've ever seen, driving a £200 Mazda out with all the Evos and Skylines and having a bit of a rivalry with a Starlet 😂 great stuff Ian, I'm so glad you've decided to Hubnut full time now!

[@indahouse2323]

Agree!

[@saintfunny]

For Sale. Race prepared Mazda 323F, Upgraded steering system, reinforced sunroof, built in shower, needs tyres. £200 may part ex for Reliant spares & tea. Phone Ian...

[@niklaswejedal463]

Don't forget "Raced successfully at Silverstone" ;)

[@saintfunny]

@@niklaswejedal463 That's worth another £20 at least. 🤣👍

[@carlbrett6383]

Do you get that helmet as well 😂😂😂

[@Aviationandautomotive]

Zero F**ks shown removing the bumper. Love it Ian 😂😂

[@mr-wx3lv]

Yeah give it some welly..... must be his throttle boot he used too lol..

[@AdrianColes]

Remnds me of a song; kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKLFnGyZeb1jopI

[@yamahonkawazuki]

percussive maintenance ftw

[@kh23797]

@@AdrianColes Well, that introduced me to something new!

[@pashwesty3313]

This truly is first class entertainment 🤣 please don't ever change!

[@graemew7001]

Even if it had gone BOOM! at the end the Mazda would have proved itself but to make it back to Wales afterwards is really impressive. All those fast cars costing thousands and yet you had as much fun in a £200 car, I really enjoyed that, cheers Ian

[@chrispenn715]

In next week's Hubnut - TWC goes to the Nurburgring. :-)

[@MrWilfAdventures]

Like all good thoroughbreds TWC's ride and handling was developed at the Nurburgring... or was it developed by a bloke in a shed with plenty of swearing and a hammer, I can't quite remember - stick a circuit badge on the back though and everyone will believe the former!

[@RichardDzien]

Now this has to happen! I am sure TWC could handle the 1000 mile journey! :)

[@raspucin70]

Light-weight composite body, hearkening to a TVR, none of the nonsense such as radio or airbags to weigh you down - makes sense

[@chrispenn715]

@@raspucin70 good point plus it's rear engined and air-cooled like a Porsche

[@philhealey449]

@@MrWilfAdventures TWC " Developed" ??? I surely put far more development time into the Westwood Powered Lawn Sweeper for a garden tractor!

[@leuvenlife]

*looking at the mess in the garage while you accuse the cat of discipline issues..

[@k1ckyscotland988]

Hubnut should have a revenge poop in Georges' litter tray,that'll teach him!.

[@Hiddenuser-bv5mo]

@@k1ckyscotland988 Wrong website mate.

[@alech8336]

@@k1ckyscotland988 HAHA!

[@darrenwilkins7670]

Great video..Noticed George seems to do exactly as he wants since elevating to celebrity status!😂

[@martinhaigh8345]

Cat decision tree: 1) Note what human wants me to do. 2) Do exact opposite.

[@paulhickie9148]

darren wilkins Yep I think that cat 🐈 turning into a diva.

[@spainter1985]

It's remarkable when you drive a road car on track how quickly you experience it's shortcomings, despite how it might feel on the road - Silverstone is a very fast track though!

[@DougsCars]

The bumper kick was just glorious!

[@pauldrakeley7647]

Kick the bumper off which car company did you learn your mechanic skills from?

[@DougsCars]

paul drakeley In his defense, it did work 😂

[@busjardine]

Your lap times, Ian (from passing under the big red Silverstone sign): 1:41, 1:25, 1:44, 1:35, 1:30, 1:32. Thanks for the most entertaining video I've seen in years. More track days in Hubnut cars, please.

[@user-lx6bl2wd8g]

Big smile on my face through out that, but oddly found my eyes straying to the bonnet for signs of trouble brewing.

[@gib112]

It's not that bad for 90 bhp and bad tyres, the handling is very good for a family car !

[@perryman12345]

Especially considering George is doing the pedals.

[@d2factotum]

Amazed it got to the end of that without the engine blowing up...there's probably not many £200 cars you could do that with!

[@SPTSuperSprinter156]

it's Japanese, there's not much that'd outlast its engine except maybe the deliberation over brexit...

[@asdfgmlkjhgf]

Excellent video Ian. Just seen you on ITV bike show. Ian's hit the big time. Tomorrow Hollywood.

[@antman5474]

@@EgoShredder HubNut hat should keep him safe

[@chrispenn715]

Your excuses with the tyres made you sound like a real F1 driver!

[@madhatters1966]

That looked like great fun, Loved the HubNut fix on the power steering, George is an adorable HubNut superstar.

[@ferrumignis]

One word from you and George does exactly as he pleases.

[@wacholder5690]

Well now ... *that* was a bit surreal even after HubNut standards I guess ... But the little Mazda did fine and this is to be appreciated. Nice video - had some really funny moments and was a joy to watch. Thumbs up for it !

[@tonycox5625]

Hi Ian,that looked like fun and at least the Mazda gets to go out on a high.Winston says miow to George.😁

[@roooooooory]

Also, the little Mazda hits 90 in 3rd? Genuinely impressed by that! My 1.4 Lupo only hits 60 in 3rd!

[@insertnamehere5146]

03:00 Hubnut school of Popular Mechanic's :) You are a antidote to Edd China's Style which would have been spending a hour getting that bumper off. Both equally valid sometime brute force is required

[@nigelbaldwin752]

Brilliant, finally back home and states 'probably should have checked tyre pressures' , love your attitude makes me smile and that is rare so a genuine thank you Ian.

[@gryfandjane]

You should have pitted for new tires. ;-) Years ago I was able to take my Midget around the track at Indy. Amazing indeed, but the experience consisted of one parade lap at around 45mph... and that after signing a sheaf of papers promising that I would not try anything exciting, and that if I did, I would be shown the gate. Granted, this was a huge event, with around 1100 MGs in attendance. So we pootled around the Brickyard enjoying the scenery, while following a prewar Magna or some such, which was blinking in the sunshine and sporting a wobbly wheel. We did get a nice little dash plaque, and took lots of pictures.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

Do track videos get any better than this? Budget tyres which protest at the slightest provocation, £200 Mazda 323 that just about made it through the MOT, getting passed by everyone, masses of body roll, getting lost and all with the window slightly open. Thank you, Ian, for giving me the most entertaining video of the Bank Holiday Weekend, it makes my track videos look like professional driving (which they most certainly are not)!

[@cornishhh]

Great to watch. On a measure of pleasure per £ spent you'd have been miles ahead of all the rest.

[@alech8336]

After a long hard day at work, it's the best feeling to settle down, load up KZbin, and see the new video icon next to the Hubnut channel. On the starting side of things, I tried to start my £1,200 BMW 528i yesterday, and after the elation of seeing the remote locking (posh!!!) work and the interior lights turn on, it didn't have enough juice to start the engine. D'oh!

[@TheDigitalAura]

You should know by now cats take no notice of any orders as a matter of principle.

[@benbrown3541]

Same for the Government. On balance, I much prefer cats.

[@jonathangriffin1120]

Dogs have owners, cats have staff!

[@peteacher52]

True be the old expression; dogs have owners, cats have staff!

[@saddoncarrs6963]

Well, that was fun - automotive mechanical engineering excellence, followed by a life threatening need-for-speed high performance blast around Silverstone. It's just a matter of time before team Hubnut is lining up on the grid with Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes. Go Hubnut!

[@RichieRouge206]

Honestly it was gripping watching that race. Flat out in a slower car can often be more exciting! You were getting more confidence on each bend. A cone filter may have added some aural drama but fun was had none the less 😂 HubNut- The Home of Cars, Motorsport and Cantankerous Cats

[@gcfcos]

I actually laughed out loud when you opened the door to start it after the power steering top up and you said “frameless doors” ha ha

[@Bikergal800]

Glad it did you well on the track and good repair skills

[@davidthehillbilly7995]

Now that the Mazda is officially a race car you should double the asking price to cover the tenner you spent on the helmet....

[@johnnorth9355]

Good James May impersonation - vibration , vibration :-) . Captain Slow has a rival (apart from the untidy garage) !

[@SwaggingWithBen]

I love your Mazda tyre squeal in the corners! What a committed madman 😎 Good on you for getting out there and having a blast!

[@byrontaylor9235]

Hey thats a keeper the fact it went out in street spec and with other issues and made it back well my hats off to it

[@rickhogg5313]

Outstanding hubnut race prep - hammers it round a race circut - "fangs" it all the way back to wales - arrives home then has a thought - "maybe i should have checked the air pressures" !!, funny as mate, your a classic !, cheers from NZ

[@Boomsmithy]

Last time I saw anything as brilliant as you in the Mazda lapping Silverstone it was Mansell with senna sat on his side pod 😁

[@CauliflowerMcPugg]

Nice bit of tinkering there👍 Looks like you had a great day. It made me think of all the great names that have been around Silverstone and now HubNut has joined them. 👍

[@RexWaldron]

Well done on the track! I'm glad you mentioned your competitive pace on the corners because I had noticed that too - and that was with crappy tyres, terminal understeer and only 90 bhp. Great bit of driving and fun to watch too.

[@danr1920]

It's great you do those improvised repairs with what you have.

[@richardsedding8444]

Enjoyed your experience on the track, what fun with a £200 car. You did a great job to even get to Silverstone with your brilliant repairs. I am now going to check my tyre pressures, even though I am going to the local supermarket! You are a brave man to go out racing on those dodgy tyres. Thank you Ian for yet another entertaining video.

[@antonioercolino6087]

I was totally crapping myself watching you drive this track in the 323 !!!!!!!!

[@markwhitehead1658]

HubNut that was great .I think the Mazda did ok all things considered. One of the best videos yet I reckon thanks☺

[@robinwells8879]

It never ceases to amaze me how relatively small the margin of performance is between a race prepared car and normal road going variants. Yes, the likes of the EVOs are going to fly past but that is to be expected. Considering that even your other back marker colleagues likely spent more on the tyres for their steeds than your entire car budget! Bless it's heart for getting you back safely too without complaint. That engine definitely has no fundamental issues. Looks like good fun.

[@goldbergje]

You and the Mazda did great! Now I wonder how your friend's 1974 Cadillac would have done...

[@cappaculla]

Well done Ian.. Good job.. Thanks for the vid 👍

[@motorised1]

the astina we have here in australia is a 1.8 bp which is only let down by the spiders gears in the dif

[@daniellee9015]

Ian you did a cracking job of that worthy of me I did a bodge on a blown diesel injector with a piece of hose pipe and tile sealer and worked loved the video I once drove a Saab 9000 round there back when topgear was there some years ago

[@stevegoodier1241]

That's good isn't it George, Prrrr was the reply... You've gotta love that cat.

[@bextar6365]

Does George miss his mother ?

[@pdsnpsnldlqnop3330]

Can we have a feature length episode about George? Where did he come from? How he chose which parent to live with? His favourite foods? His hunting habits? Why the garage is forbidden? Whether he sleeps in or on the bed? What service he gets at the cattery? His testicular status? Whether he pads? Whether he purrs? What part time work he has, e.g. night time security guard, pest control, food testing, bed warming, house sitting, neighbourhood watch, caring for elderly neighbours? How well does he know the neighbours and do they feed him? What he was like as a kitten? His age? ...and any legendary stories he has to share. - that sort of stuff. I am sure this would make one of the more popular videos with people demanding George merch forever after.

[@HubNut]

It's an idea. He's not always a very willing co-star though.

[@davidbrown6227]

Well done Ian. The track day looked brilliant fun. Great that you and the car made it back home in one piece. 👍👍👍

[@HowardLeVert]

"I might mostly be soiling myself..." !! Very entertaining and with the power steering bodgery, I thought "just like Roadkill.... with the Not-Quite-The-Mazdarati" Just what I needed after a day where the technology at work ganged up on me and handed out a few tense moments.

[@jbenekeorr]

The Mazda did you proud. It goes better than it looks!!

[@RoobehTunes]

Great! What a show it is! Thanks for having the Micra and I on the Retro Japanese display. The Mazda is an inspiration to all slow car enthusiasts with track day dreams xD

[@thesunreport]

haha...yeah...you were right... the 'top tip' for using a bare hacksaw blade is to wrap a little bit of rag around the end that you're holding. :D

[@CortinasAndClassics]

Looks really good fun Ian, I would love to take my beetle on a track

[@Soulvex]

Do it.

[@maxgreece1]

Can't believe your car survived that - was just waiting for the engine to blow, or the tyres, or maybe both. Glad you both made it through the day unscathed.

[@nortoninter1]

Good stuff, first non boring honest track day vid ever.

[@ghvtg]

Took my 2.0 litre'78 Cav Coupe out at Bedford on budget tyres and through sheer insane driving and determination overtook a guy in an '03 Merc SL500!!! Blitz'd us (had my mate in the car) on the straight but in bends he had no family jewels!! Was great

[@pierrerheaume8864]

Excellent episode Mr HubNut, just excellent!

[@MalcOfLincoln]

Loved it Ian, as you did. Long before 'track days' were thought of, I had one. Cadwell Park F1 Stock Cars. Used a small part of the track, so the rest was a car park. After almost everyone had left I did almost a full circuit in my road car.......an A40 Somerset. I even did part of it, sitting on the nerf rails of Stuart Smith's stock car (you've heard of him of course)

[@michaelshanahan8167]

Just discovered this on you tube I used to have most of the cars Ian drives especially the Mazda 323 love this channel.

[@williamgreer4087]

We definitely need more videos of you working on your cars, great video 👍

[@tonyr1963]

That was a great watch. I could see your confidence growing throughout the session. More tyre squeal in more of the corners 😀😀. Well done.

[@alanlansdell7533]

Most important track day prep; alignment and sticky tyres. Yes..... but sliding brings its own smiles!

[@alisterwest6987]

That little motor was going so fast I lost count of how many you overtook 🏁🏆

[@bumbleo8993]

Excellent the underdog fights back.. looked like great fun & still made it home to Wales in one piece 🤗

[@shanehnorman]

A master-class! As fine a piece of bodgery as I've ever witnessed. I especially enjoyed the application of Murphy's Adjustable-Impact Hammer (yer boot), a tool very much part of my Irish upbringing.

[@markpitt5248]

If in doubt kick it off!

[@TheCounty90]

Further to my last comment I think you are a bloody good driver. You should do this competitively.

[@tinniswood2577]

With those stickers on the side windows you can tell its fully race prepared.

[@MrAuriga67]

Hubnut bodgery at its absolute finest !!!!! Carry on Ian !

[@joshcaine2938]

That was me in the red brz bud! 😁 Also my first track session ever to. I still think your 1.5 had more grunt than mine 😂 haha. How much fun was it though!!

[@HubNut]

Huge fun! Must do it again.

[@joshcaine2938]

@@HubNutYes for sure! Am hooked now

[@ginggur17]

Good lad, well done on re connecting the bumper.

[@vikingraiders4138]

Glad you had fun great upload.

[@dazt103]

Another example of Haynes work instructions being followed to the letter...😀 Well done on the track Ian, adrenaline rush or what? Great fun!

[@terryatkinson899]

Bloody Haynes manual would simple say, remove bumper.🤔🤔☹

[@ralphups7782]

Quite smooth cornering.👏

[@hutchcraftcp]

I'm honestly surprised that the Chinese rubber didn't shred its self. Driving slow cars fast can be thrilling. I used to track day a 1996 1.6L Suzuki Baleno saloon. I think it made 79 bhp... but with a good set of alloy wheels and sticky tyres it was great fun.

[@philhealey449]

Interesting circular saw soundtrack during steering pump bleeding operations & pleased to note health and safety demanded hazard warning lights for feline chastisement.

[@damopope4664]

Well done on the track day, looked great fun

[@MarkieC1990]

Great video, loved the bumper abuse, but the wind noise on track was horrendous! I wanted to hear that 1.5 scream 🤣

[@James-zo3sv]

Eyy its my supra! Good to see it in action didn't manage to get many vids from the outside!

[@user-s1o3nr532]

I have discipline issues with my cat too, but we usually resolve it with me ending up doing what he wants me to.

[@DavidDavid-kl4ru]

I love this channel. Road tests in uunexceptional cars that we can all relate to, delivered with deadpan humour by a man who knows almost every detail. And now the icing on the cake: a track session in an ancient 323 fastback with bodged repairs and shot tyres. Motoring nirvana! I'm minded to buy a Hubnut hat. Or atleast a sticker

[@BarryAllenMagic]

That looked great fun. To be fair, even with knackered economy tyres, the car seemed to handle really well throughout. 👍

[@TheCounty90]

In 2011 I did a track day at Spa in a 90bhp Golf 1.9. That has very steep hills and the speed differential wasn't funny between us and the fastest. I did overtake a couple of 911's one was facing the wrong way on the hairpin bend after the start finish and one was making his way out of the gravel. I couldn't even keep up with a 316i. What an experience though!

[@anthony342]

love that first corner . head for the apex and foot to the floor

[@MaxMountainWorld]

Nice one Ian. I had one the same model, year, colour a couple years ago. The nearest I got to putting the Porsche-tuned suspension to a test was a trip from Cork to Edinburgh in nine and a half hours, including the ferry! Keep up the Good work, LOVE the channel.

[@CharlesSmith-zt7vt]

Nice tight lines and very smooth, good driving! I was expecting the brakes to fade away to nothing, and possibly some overheating but it seems the Mazda acquitted itself very well.

[@HubNut]

The brakes were definitely getting a little soft towards the end. It did do well though.

[@mpluggty6]

Love the video Ian thank you for the upload. Your approach to maintaining your car is very inspiring.makes me feel somewhat better about my own .keep up the great work mate.

[@notmanynamesleft]

Strong engines in those little Mazda's,superb entertainment 👌

[@tonydacosta9883]

Mazda 323F. The F stands for FUN !! Excellent vid, Ian. Made my day. Cheers!!

[@williamstroker6805]

Towards the end of this excellent video, I detected a glimmering of love for this Mazda.

[@benwithers9831]

Loved the ''Bodgery' 100%. George the cat is so cool..

[@anthonyfmoss]

What came into mind when removing the bumper was the 1970s hit “everybody was kung fu fighting”

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Looks to be a great fun event, maybe worth to get my MX5 up there next year or so. Next thing I want to see is your laptime of the Nürnburgring in the Invacar!

[@jefferysmith3930]

Looks better is race mode without the wheel covers. It looks like quite a lot of fun to be had driving a slow car fast. A fitting send off if she’s going to be leaving the fleet. I had to laugh that the sunroof managed to drip on you despite the lack of rain. Good times!

[@andrewhaines8603]

Well you didn't embarrass yourself on the track Ian. The car might have done, but it got round and back to Wales! Fun times! I thought of taking my Clio 172 on a track day, but never got around to it. Probably would have put myself in hospital if I had to be honest!

[@davidk6271]

I was nervous on your behalf. I was watching you gripping the steering wheel, then noticed I was gripping the ipad! Good bodge. Great video. Well done.