I love how much of a stealth car this will be. Once it has been mufflered, you can cruise around town and only the most observant people will notice anything different about a little silver Honda buzzing around rural Kansas.

I wonder what sort of fuel economy this will get, now that's in a ligher and more aero friendly shell :D

I have a bone-stock 2000 Honda Insight 5-speed in that same silver color. It has 340,000 miles and I just returned from a trip to Huntsville, AL from my home in Virginia. 582 miles each way with a trip fuel mileage average of 56.4 mpg. Cost me $58 in gas for the round-trip! I love my insight and it's my daily driver.

The Kubota/Honda runs well out of the box and even hits a 64 mph top speed without the stupidcharger. That sounds like an early Christmas present from the God of Automotive Chaos. Merry Christmas Jimbo & Co.

For the muffler, try to study the “Helmholtz” principle. You may get away with just a certain sized hole at a certain place to get the resonance out of the system. The engine then can breath freely and there are no restrictions

Thank you for the excellent videos. They have become a regular feature of my Sunday afternoons (I live in a "European" timezone). They remind me of the tinkering I used to do 30 years ago, and mostly of the tinkering I wished I had done (but lacked the skill, equipment, and space).

These projects are incredibly entertaining! Thanks so much Jimbo!

This 3 cylinder sound is amazing !!! Let go at 4000 RPM 🎉❤

Merry Christmas Jimbo and family. Thank you for another wonderful video. Please keep up the great work. I'm glad to see the gnomes are doing just fine. They haven't made an appearance in awhile.

Before you put the super charger on i think it would be worth your time ro press off the pulley and fab a bolt on hub system, this would make changing boost levels a breeze in the future should you wish.

U have made my crappy Sunday a lot happier now, thank u.

I can relate to the loud exhaust, the drone from my old pontiac with the cherry bombs on it sounded amazing at idle or under full rip, on the highway it started to feel like I was underwater and there was a nagging pressure on my eardrums. Thanks again for your content, very interesting. Can't wait to see how it plays out.

This is coming along nicely and the sound of that little car without a silencer when you give it the beanz reminds me of a 1960's 3.8 Jag

I'm now waiting for Jimbo's book Animals You Didn't Know Are Marsupials :) All the best for christmas and the new year.

You know, for being a refrigerator, it sounds kinda neat! lol I expect a supercharger would help, especially at the low end. I can't wait to see how it all turns out!

I can't wait until you score a 5 cylinder, air cooled Deutz lol. I mean, I love these videos and I know you like strange combinations. Of course, it's probably unobtainium for what you're doing, but I can dream! Great work as usual!

Love the fun projects here. Thr ultimate finish for the Honda would be making it diesel electric! Just a thought. Im sure you of all people could do it on a budget.

Hello from Slovenia 🇸🇮. Great content man.

Just before you commented, I was thinking, "Hey, that sounds mighty familiar"... and you nailed it, a classic 2 stroke DD.

So glad to see the insight back on the road.

Perfect timing thanks for another great video!

Detroit diesel, the second most efficient way to turn money into noise without the byproduct of power! Love your projects!

I remember the gnomes, ah, they're back! Great to see them again. Merry Christmas and a happy new Year Jimbo!

Merry Christmas to the Robot Cantina Crew! Thanks for the wonderful videos!

Perfect Xmas gift!!! I love it!

Merry Christmas and thanks for entertaining and educating us!

One of the best on the Tube. Thanks for another year, Jimbo. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

This show makes my day . Very enjoyable to watch.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year...!!!!! You never disappoint...!!!

nothing beats this channel and a sunday dinner

That sound of the diesel is great!!

Merry Christmas, It has been a fun year watching your videos, I am sure many people , like myself, were anxiously waiting for the next video to come out week after week..

Merry Christmas man. TY for all the content.

14 minutes and 26 seconds off pure joy thank you and have a very merry christmas

Merry Christmas! Thanks for the wonderful entertainment and some good ideas.

Always nice to see progress on the Insight

Appreciate your videos. You and your family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

this channel is great. hot rodding in its purest form.

It's quite a bit of fun watching your projects. I hope you and the gnomes have a festive holiday season.

thank ya for the content I always look forward to sundays. :)

Merry Christmas and thanks for all the entertaining and informative content!

Thanks for the video, enjoy your Christmas folks!

I watch you every Sunday. I don't think I've ever commented before. I just wanted to say I love your videos. Wholesome, entertaining, and educational. Great work!

Great progress. Merry Christmas Jimbo.

Gnome Chomsky and the gang always make me smile

Great video once again Jimbo!

Merry Christmas! That was a long and entertaining episode! Especially since you've had less time than usual making it!

Man I love watching your videos. Great job man. By the way I really like the way the Kubota engine sounds with the exhaust cut off like it is. 😁👍🏼💪

Thanks! Happy Holidays!

Neighbor: *hears odd noise around town* Must be Jimbo again with one of his wild projects.

Yay Jimbo! Old beep at 9:00 mins and at the end of the video! Thanks buddy.

You have awakened Christmas. Thanks.

So back on Tuesday i bought a 2003 civic hybrid 5 speed for $700, it need a little rust repair and other tlc but its solid. If that cute little 1.3 liter gas motor ever dies im totally gonna slam a funny motor in it. Thanks Jimbo, your content is wholesome and always look forward to "hanging out" with you on sundays

I enjoy each and every one of your videos, especially the Diesel ones. Happy Harley D's

Merry Christmas to you too. Thanks, stay safe and all the best to you. God bless.😮….😊

Always a great video thanks for sharing buddy have a great day

LOL IT DOES SOUND LIKE A SCREAMIN DEMON ! i was hearing it more an more when you really lean on it lol thats awesome the buzz its got

Happy holidays 🥂 great Video again 😎

In 1980 I drove my Renault Le Car with temp tags from NY state to OK and got new tags in Tulsa. That was a nice trip down, via Michigan. Ah, that was half a life ago. Nice memories.

I think the loud little diesel sounds cool. That's just my taste. I'd put Jake's on it if I could. Someday I will make my own turbo kubota. Videos like this are so cool. Screaming Jimmies actually started me on my diesel craze.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you too.

Merry Christmas, happy holidays to you and your beloved ones, Jimbo!

I really enjoy your builds. I like the engineering and such but what I like the most is the eccentric engine choices. I don't know where you come up with these combinations but don't stop please.

That Gnome on the right reminds me of Paul Teutul Sr. of Orange County Choppers.

Looking clean from here

Thanks for another good one. Glad to see the gnomes make a return.

Merry Christmas Robot Cantina 🎄from a neighbor next door in Oklahoma ! Love the channel , wrench on 🙂

Sweet!!

Merry Christmas Jim, team, and to all.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, Mike from Montreal.

11:45 That Tektronix oscilloscope brings back memories :).

Your channel is an awesome Sunday morning view ☕️

A successful road test and no gnomes stole your wrenches. Win win! Happy holidays to the Jimbo and crew!

Some of the interesting experiments this channel does really makes me appreciate just how “quick” my daily driver BRM Jetta does 0 to 60mph. At 11 seconds, it’s the slower car I’ve ever driven, and would love to do some upgrades to cut a few seconds off it…

That was an awesome test run! Ida like to have seen the inspectors face when he popped the hood!

yay gnomes! Merry Christmas to you and the gnomes!

Happy holidays/Merry Xmas Jimbo, Duke & gnomes!

Hey Jimbo. Love your work 👍

I like the exhaust it reminds me of the old British sports cars.

I gnome right away this was going to be a good episode!😂

I owned a 2000 Honda insight I bought new in 2000. It was Red, loved that car, but after needing its 3rd battery at 4yrs old at 204,000 I finally got rid of it. Top speed I got in it was 104mph on a flat, best mileage was on an out and back to work when it was fairly new 100miles round trip 70mpg.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Nadolig Llawen from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.! Great to see it legally back on the road! 👌 Not too shabby for a first run! 🧐👏

What a nice video!

RIGHT! Time to pull thengine, strip it, 'Blueprint it', grind & polish ports, fit forged rods, pistons and crank, rebuild, Turbo & Supercharge it, then a '200 Shot' of Nitrous! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nah only kidding 😉. As usual, I'm looking forward to what this wee little project will do! 👍 Anyways... All the best to you Jimbo, your 'Crew' and your loved ones and hope you have a thoroughly enjoyable Christmas/Holidays. Kep up the fine, fun work fella! 👌😏 😎🇬🇧

Sounds awesome to me.

Thank you sir

Great video brother hello from romulus Michigan brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise

Jimbo outta add nitrous after the stupercharger is installed and dialed in 😆

Another good video! Can't wait for the stupid charger! Merry Christmas!

When they say "Gnome Man's Land", they ain't screwin' around.

What would be really interesting is seeing how much faster it’ll go if you lower the suspension a few inches and get the aerodynamic drivetrain fairing even closer to the road. And you have to admit it would look kewl.

sounds cool

Merry Christmas Jimbo and gang

Rad ... look forword to seeing what the stupercharger 😅will do for it , I love boost n run 30psi on my daily toy lol (u had one way back when u started u channel ) n e ways peace and love bro keep it rad stay safe and build on and happy holidays to you and your fam aswell brotha

Awesome!!

"The metric people" lol. This is why I subbed. I agree on the 3 cyl make I6 sounds, like Inline 5's make V10 sounds, at high enough rpm.

Merry Christmas to you all,love your videos. I have always wanted to put a diesel in a 🏍️ and sidecar .

Honda Insight Fun Fact: In factory form, the manual insights have a Lean Burn mode, which activates in 3rd gear or higher, when you have the engine below 3000rpm and ~20% throttle. It bumps the AFRs up to 20:1, and in this mode the 1.0L engine could make about 11hp, which is *just* enough to move the car through the air at 60mph on flat ground while getting 75-100mpg. It could do this for up to 3 minutes before it had to richen up to let the pistons cool down. that's why the manual insights got better mileage than the autos, and also why the autos had the SULEV rating while the manuals were only ULEVs. Moral of the story is, that 20hp Kubota should have absolutely no issue moving this chassis down the road, and it should get some pretty astronomical MPGs compared to the saturn. 10 or so years ago, a guy swapped a 1.2L TDI from a euro VW Polo into an insight, and it managed 92mpg on the engine alone before he got the factory hybrid system functioning with it. I would not be surprised if this Kubota setup pulls high 80s/low 90s for mpg if Jimbo gets the aspiration figured out. Putting 50 or 60 psi in those tires will help it out, too.

A shop tour would be cool