RECORD BREAKING LAND ROVER DISCOVERY. With Mac Mackenney

THIS IS PART-3 of an interview conducted late 2016.
In 2010 Mac Mackenney broke the London to Cape Town record in a Land Rover Discovery-2 TDi5. This is the vehicle that was used for the record attempt.
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[@jdsgotninelives]

I like how this guy thinks. No drastic lift. No drastic engine mods. Reasonably standard suspension. Standard comms. etc. No snorkel!!! Sensible driving and approach to safety!! It goes to show what can actually be achieved with a standardised approach. Being in Australia, I don't think I could bare to go back to my pre-air-conditioning days!! He is extremely well organised and his military training is an enormous benefit to the preparations. He isn't one of these weekend mountain goat cowboys. He actually represents the true spirit of the overlander. Thanks for sharing and would love to see you both do some overlanding together. Bring him on the Canning Stock Route ;-)

[@MrLangDog]

Nice interview. You didn't ask a bunch of questions you already knew the answers to, the way some interviewers do. Cheers from Florida!!

[@SteveM1969]

Wow sounds brilliant hopefully you can beat it again sometime Fantastic your team must have been fantastic What a great adventure

[@Gee-Wizz]

These vids with Mac are the best, thanks Andrew.

[@eastsaxon67]

would love to see more on discovery 2s td5 such a good vehicle with a few mods!

[@stephan5026]

Love listening to Macs stories! Great videos Andrew!

[@ChristopherGish]

So nice to see some disco 2 love!

[@ihmesekoilua]

See, see?! A Discovery 2, not only breaking the record, but actually staying in one piece. Take THAT, Andrew St.Pierre White.

[@terryoleary5424]

Wow wow wow , I just watched this 3 part series what an interesting dood . A grab bag has never made more sense. Ide love to know what that military grade tyre puncture thingy is . Cheers Andrew awesome interview

[@RobKiss1981]

Cool video... I love my TD5 Disco 2, its used daily. :-)

[@lror]

Definitely a risker proposition in a td5 than a 300. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@TheTravelingTogetherJournal]

Good lessons there. Safety and reliability are the top priority. I've been making my way through Mexico/Central America for the past 10 months and it's always the folks with heavily modified vehicles that I meet that have had more issues. Get a reliable vehicle, do some maintenance and get on the road!

[@ihmesekoilua]

10 months? Well you need to start editing your videos, you're about five months behind, I just started watching them a week back :)

[@TheTravelingTogetherJournal]

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[@BluTrollPro]

Bah, I am so tempted by a Disco 1 or 2. Would love a Defender 90 but the prices are just going absolutely insane here (in the UK)

[@joekirklin]

CAElite you think the prices are high in the UK?! I can only dream of owning a Defender here in the States. The going price for a 20 year old Defender 90 is often more than my annual salary. I have a Disco 2 that I love, and it cost me less than half what a Jeep would have. Folks here in Michigan wonder why I would want a temperamental British 4x4, but with some care and feeding it’s actually been quite a dependable vehicle.

[@magicnik8881]

What a car! Would be great to take a look inside!

[@axelcordes]

That one is really great - more of that kind - please !

[@SteveM1969]

I went on that journey it was a great vehicle 👍🏻⚔️🇬🇧

[@spacemanmoe5622]

Thank you, and Land Rovers are cool!

[@ebikeengineer]

Great job, I love this kind of interview learning how the drivers did it and how the vehicles were set up. I am curious as to why the electric fan was disconnected?

[@holden_fella]

Forest Platt commenting because also curious, diesels are cold, but not that cold

[@fgibin]

Forest Platt Probably because in case of deep water the fan can break due to the strong fluid resistance.

[@fgibin]

Forest Platt Probably because in case of deep water the fan can break due to the strong fluid resistance.

[@fgibin]

Toyota has a limited slipper clutch on the fan. In case of deep water the clutch desengage the fan preventing damages

[@ebikeengineer]

fgibin I know Jeepers that convert to electric fans just do they can install a switch to disable the fan during water crossings.

[@richardwain-hobson3951]

What a guy. If you want to plan a trip anywhere, take Mac! Dr Rich

[@ziolamr2]

video hase been up less than an hour and some Land rover hater already disliked hahaha

[@sleepycatpictures1176]

Good video. A nice reliable Disco 2 as well!

[@skysteppes]

I like his approach. keep it simple

[@PatrickRich]

I was hoping to see their storage/sleeping solution. I am amazed you were able to get 6 footers comfortable back there to be honest.

[@RobKiss1981]

Patrick Rich - I dont think it was comfortable but sure does the job. 😉

[@sterlingwallace7465]

really cool series, really enjoyed these videos

[@creamdisco]

Awesome Rover!

[@outbacknomad9939]

love the disco very neat bar work love the concept like the idea of no heavy bullbar not so good if u live an drive at night in Australia an the water part nothing gave me a greater challenge till I got older yes there is ways around an iv learnt to hate mud a lot .that would have been a great trip 11 days

[@1FiftyOverland]

Like they say, your vehicle is most reliable in stock form.

[@4fsake]

Great video, thanks👍🏻

[@SJsAdv]

Sounds like an awesome adventure. Too bad there's so much instability in the continent.

[@SJsAdv]

KZbin actually looks down on that.

[@QuantumAlchemyst]

Nice job!👍🏻

[@phoenixinflames1]

do you know what brand of hosing did he use?

[@alians1978]

It'd be nice to actually show the bits while he talks about them; the wheels, sleeping area, etc...

[@Cchange4us]

Its appropriate because discos are good at breaking things!

[@Cchange4us]

Dude i currently own a disco II which i drive like a granny.I spend all my spare time underneath it fixing things haha.. im just having a laugh mate, land rover owners do it to themselves

[@amirtalpur]

Which vehicle would you choose for this trip?

[@bossadave]

Just goes to show you don't need to spend fortunes to cross a continent. I think I would of took a Toyota and kept the air though. Great to see this guy to this trip on a TV show.

[@southhillfarm2795]

Good to know Saudis are making people drive on the proper side of a vehicle.

[@Macrotechee1107]

I thought the title meant you discovered something record breaking. Ha.

[@colintraveller]

Top drawer .... content ..!!!!!!

[@nikos-giorgos]

would be nice to see more of the vehicle instead of his face.

[@sebastian2357]

In fact I don't get some modifications done on this truck. Why he disconnect the air condition? This is the best thing in hot countries. And do it need this roll cage ? It weights a tons. I would definitely add a snorkel and winch to it, it makes me more confident in 4wd expedition than the useless roll cage.

[@WDunkin]

K.I.S.S at its finest

[@richienell]

Mr. Mackenney, you have the best, most exhaustive and most informative bit of informaiton available regarding actually surviving an expedition across the world. But very ironically you forfot about the most important part....the vehicle to be driven. Why on earth would you drive a Land Rover or a Nissan across the world rather than a Land Cruiser. That is insane. Everyone on the planet knows that the Toyota Land Cruiser is the most reliable. Period. ???????

[@ctrl-alt-awesome5189]

Not gonna lie when he was talking about spares I thought he would say spare engine or spare hilux to tow it back

[@scottrc5776]

There is a company that puts 300 tdi's in disco 2s

[@normaneustice1112]

Why would you want to do that the TD5 is a much better engine all round

[@yorkchris10]

I had a left hand drive motorcycle I took to a RHD country. At that time they were more interested in hoof'n mouth, so I had to take some time in car wash confinement. The owners manual said I could tape over part of the headlight, but customs didn't say anything.

[@Elijah-cy9do]

Beaten by a Disco 3 with air suspension

[@SteveM1969]

Mac who ???

[@ensatlantic]

so, the coil spring was broken and you had to change from air to coils?? Where is the logic? Just get air springs without any electronics and pump them up with a simple valve plus take 1-2 spare air springs.

[@Baileyquintrex]

Sounded like he knew his stuff until he said a snorkel increases fuel consumption and looses power 😐

[@vic6820]

Scott Willmann think he's got his tyre sizes mixed up a bit too.

[@ianparsons849]

Was just thinking the same thing. I can't see how cool, fresh air could be a bad thing.

[@1FiftyOverland]

Scott Willmann snorkels do kill power and increase fuel consumption.

[@Baileyquintrex]

Southern Nevada offroading and back country you are kidding mate, so cooler, less restricted air flow decreases power?

[@1FiftyOverland]

Scott Willmann Cooler yes, less restricted not really. Look how much more length a snorkel adds to the intake track. This engine is now working harder to pull the air that much further. The same way shortening or lengthening intake manifold runners changes the torque curve of an engine.

[@SteveM1969]

I weed win his sleeping bag

[@Merhu-Berahu]

i dont get it, why rush through all those miles and countries, and experience nothing, what a waste of an overland trip.

[@dexxy45]

William McLaughlan It wasent an overland trip, it was a record attempt. No different to racing to the north pole.

[@josech]

Get a Land Cruiser!