Mercedes-Benz M119 V8 engine

Mercedes-Benz / AMG

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	400 at 3900
				11.0: 1	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
M 119 E 60		100.0 × 94.8	5956		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