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Mercedes-Benz M119 V8 engine

Mercedes-Benz / AMG
Mercedes-Benz M119 V8 engine
Manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz / AMG
Production period: 1989-1999
Style: V , eight-cylinder
Engines: 4.2 liters (4196 cc) 
to 6.0 liters (5956 cc)
Previous model: M 117
Successor: M 113

 The M 119 is a gasoline engine from Mercedes-Benz with 8 cylinders in V position and four valves per cylinder. This found use from 1989 to 1999 in various Mercedes cars of the upper and upper middle class .

It is based on the predecessor engines M 116 and M 117 and differs from these essentially by the four-valve cylinder head with two chain-driven overhead camshafts per cylinder bank, which operate the valves on bucket tappets with hydraulic lash adjuster. It has a two-stage phasing of the intake camshafts. There were the M 119 with the 4.2 liter (4196 cc) and 5.0 liter (4973 cc) standard as well as with 6.0 liters (5956 cc) and with 6.3 liters (6298 cc) as tuning variants ,

First he came on the market in 1989 in the model 500 SL of the R 129 series , later also in the 124 series , in the S-Class 140 series and E-Class 210 series .

Depending on the model, the 4.2-liter variant produced 200 to 210 kW, and the 5.0-liter variant 235 to 240 kW.

Successor was the M 113 , which was developed together with the technically related V6 engine M 112 .

The then still independent, specialized in Mercedes vehicles tuning operation AMG sat on the 5.6-liter versions of the predecessor engine M117 at the end of the 1980s self-developed four-valve cylinder heads, which made the engines under high compression 265-280 kW. These engines received the identification M117 / 9 from AMG. The M119 successor engine family of the M116 / M117 two-valve series, developed by Daimler-Benz, also received four valves per cylinder. The M119 engines are considered by many to be the best V8 engines ever used by Daimler-Benz in passenger cars.

Technical data 

engine cylinders Bore × stroke 
[mm]
Displacement  compression Power [kW] 
at [rpm]
Torque [Nm] 
at [rpm]
M 119 E 42 8 92.0 × 78.9 4196 10.0: 1 200 at 5700 (US version) 400 at 3900
11.0: 1 205 at 5700
210 at 5700 410 at 3900
M 119 E 50 96.5 × 85.0 4973 10.0: 1 235 at 5600 470 at 3900
240 at 5700 480 at 3900
255 at 5750 480 at 3750-4250
M 119 E 60 100.0 × 94.8 5956 275 at 5250 550 at 4000
280 at 5500 580 at 3750

Use 

M 119 E 42 

Designation model series Construction
Displacement: 4196 cc, Power: 205 kW (279 hp) at 5700 rpm, Torque: 400 Nm at 3900 rpm
400 E / E 420 W 124 1992-1995
S 420 Coupe / CL 420 C 140 1994-1998
S 420 W / V 140 1993-1998
E 420 W / S 210 1996-1998
Capacity: 4196 cc, power: 210 kW (286 hp) at 5700 rpm, torque: 410 Nm at 3900 rpm
400 SE W / V 140 1991-1993

M 119 E 50 

Designation model series Construction
Displacement: 4973 cc, Power: 235 kW (320 hp) at 5600 rpm, Torque: 470 Nm at 3900 rpm
E 500 W 124 1993-1995
500 SL / SL 500 R 129 1992-1998
500 SEC / S 500 Coupe / CL 500 C 140 1992-1998
S 500 W / V 140 1993-1998
Capacity: 4973 cc, power: 240 kW (326 hp) at 5700 rpm, torque: 480 Nm at 3900 rpm
500 E W 124 1990-1993
500 SL R 129 1989-1992
500 SE W / V 140 1991-1993
Displacement: 4973 cc, Power: 255 kW (347 hp) at 5750 / min, Torque: 480 Nm at 3750-4250 / min
E 50 AMG W 210 1996-1997

M 119 E 60 

 
Designation model series Construction 
Capacity: 5956 cc, power: 280 kW (381 hp) at 5500 rpm, torque: 580 Nm at 3750 rpm
E 60 AMG W 124 1993-1994
SL 60 AMG R 129 1993-1998
E 60 AMG W / S 210 1996-1998

M 119 E 63 

Designation model series Construction
Displacement: 6298 cc, Power: 298 kW (405 hp) at 5500 rpm, Torque: 616 Nm at 3600 rpm
E 60 AMG 6.3 W 210 1996-1998
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