Mercedes-Benz M120 engine


The Mercedes-Benz M120 engine is a high-performance automobile piston V12 engine family used in the 1990s and 2000s in Mercedes' flagship models.
The M120 family is built in Stuttgart, Germany. It has an aluminium engine block lined with silicon/aluminium. The aluminium DOHC cylinder heads are 4 valves per cylinder designs. It uses sequential fuel injection and features forged steel connecting rods.
The M120 was eventually replaced by the smaller, lesser-powered, short-lived, SOHC, three valves per cylinder, 5.8L, M137 V12 engine.
Mercedes ceased production of the M120 because of new emission rules.

M120 6.0 48v

This engine developed and of torque for the 6.0 L version. In
1992 only the M120 engine was offered in North America in format and from 1991-92 In Europe.
All other years 1993–1999 have the version.
Applications:
In 1997, the FIA GT Championship race car Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was fitted with the M297 engine, derived from the M120. The 25 road cars, required by the FIA rules and delivered in 1999, had their engine enlarged to 6.9 L. There was also a 7.3 L version producing developed by AMG which was also used in the SL73 AMG. The 7.3 L M297 engine was also featured in the AMG-built, S73 T Kombi, a custom-built, W140, S-Class wagon built for the Sultan of Brunei. Eighteen units were produced, ten of which went to the Sultan.
A 7.0 L M120 version was also used in the SL70 AMG, and produced.

Pagani Zonda

The Pagani Zonda has used 3 different capacity, Mercedes-AMG tuned, versions of the M120 engine starting with the untuned 6.0 L for the original Zonda C12 to a 7.0 L version for the C12 S and Zonda GR, then to the 7.3 L for the Zonda C12s 7.3, Zonda F, Zonda Cinque and the Zonda Tricolore, and back to the 6.0 L for the Zonda R and the Zonda Revolucion. The bore and stroke is.
Applications:
YearModelDisplacementPower output
1999Pagani Zonda C126.0 L
1999Pagani Zonda C12-S7.0 L
2002Pagani Zonda C12-S 7.37.3 L
2003Pagani Zonda GR7.0 L
2005Pagani Zonda F7.3 L
2009Pagani Zonda Cinque7.3 L
2010Pagani Zonda Tricolore7.3 L
2009Pagani Zonda R6.0 L
2012Pagani Zonda Revolución6.0 L
--6.0 L