How Mercedes Made The Most Powerful 4-Cylinder Engine In The World
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Mercedes AMG has cranked out a gem of an engine. The hand built M139 is a 2.0L turbocharged inline four-cylinder that makes 416 horsepower! That makes it the most powerful turbo four-cylinder engine currently in a production car! The M139 engine is used the Mercedes GLA45, CLA45, and A45 vehicles. 416 horsepower at 6,750 RPM and 369 lb-ft at 5,000 RPM. With a displacement of 1991 cc, the M139 makes over 208 horsepower per liter! It also has some of the highest peak combustion pressures of any engine.
How did Mercedes do it? Clever engineering. From the engine layout, to the roller-bearing twin-scroll turbos, to the block and forged internals, to the cylinder head, to the spray on cylinder liners, the engine is packed with brilliant engineering features. How does it all work? Check out the video for full details!
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bmw has released the p48 M motorsport engine, which is a 2.0l 4 cylinder single twin scroll turbo pushing 600 hp
Um I thought 4-cylinders couldn’t go over 180hp
I have a question: can I put this thing into a 488?
Would that nanocoat allow a rotary to use less oil?
LSPI??
Imagine bragging about how u got an 8 cyclinder when someone else's 4 cyclinder beats ur 8 when it comes to 0-60 lmao
It's a shame they put an engine that sweet in the ugliest Benz's. Could have been utilized better in a c43.
Hi. I just bought a brand new merc a45s from the dealership - abudhabi uae- and they told me you can drive it as you wish and no need at all for a break in period, but as you know the factory instructions say otherwise! So should i follow the dealership advice or the factory instructions? I drove it as per factory instructions for 750 km so far and can't wait to put it in race mode and step on the throttle
This is one strong ass engine
And then we have the 3 cilinder 2.0 2 bar turbo from sweden XD
I love that Mercedes is willing to put their engineers on this task. 4 cylinders are the superior daily driving engine. It will be interesting to see reliability and longevity. Pretty crazy numbers to come with a factory warranty.
Isn't the Ford Focus RS engins (2.3l) stronger? Or is this raw unboosted power?
Bournefort
2 måneder siden
Not even close. The 2.3L Ford only makes 350 HP. This is a 2.0 that makes 416. They are both turbocharged engines. (I do love the Focus RS. I just wish the American companies would focus on performance turbo 4 cylinders again).
1L kawasaki ninja h2 with 300hp
Meanwhile: lancer with 4g63
No thanks, I'd much sooner have a beautiful naturally aspirated engine with six cylinders.
Idc how smart mercedes engineers are, 30psi of boost is a little extreme. This engine will never get to 100k miles
Bournefort
2 måneder siden
Only time will tell.
Meanwhile Mitsubishi 6 years ago with their Evo X FQ-440 MR. I am joke to you?
konigsegg: hold my beer *makes a supercar with a 3 cylinder*
José Luis Limachi
5 dager siden
You mean "hold my Pripps blå"
A YB cosworth engine from the 80's with a twin scroll borg turbo and updated management will do 450bhp with no engine mods.... Booost is the key nothing new about this...
most powerful STOCK 4 cylindedr
Bournefort
2 måneder siden
Obviously you can slap a huge turbo setup on any engine but this is a warrantied product. Pretty impressive. Leave it to the Germans.
Volvo 850, T5, turbo in the back, early 90's.
I know innovation comes with a cost, but just because it works doesn't mean it'll last. i'm guessing that thing will last about 50k-60k miles before it throws a rod or blows a head gasket.
Mitsubishi evo fq400 did it too in the uk
How about a whiteboard comparison between this and the S2000.
*Laughs in BMW M10*
Ferrrai writing notes .
They stuck a giant turbo on it That's it Hate these how did... Made... Videos
Bournefort
2 måneder siden
If that was all they did, you would never be able to warranty the engine. Like he said in the video, reinforcing the block is a major part too. Very impressive numbers for a 2.0 L. German engineers are great.
Though lancia got 600 out of 4 cyl
Do you guys think this a Mercedes V4 engine is top tier/compared to a V6 in other car makers?
First thing to do on every of your video is to click the Like Button. Such high quality education. Love it greets from Germany.
DC
2 måneder siden
... als deutscher Ingenieur im Fachbereich Motorenentwicklung stimme ich dem absolut zu! Wir habens sowas von drauf, daß wir drauf SIND, haha... No, seriously - I strongly agree with this.
Excellent as always!
The Evo X FQ-440 made 440hp at 6800rpm and 412 ft lbs at only 3100rpm. It was a UK only model but its still a production car. It had a warranty an no you don't need to rebuild the engine every x amount of miles like some idiots say.
mercedes: we built the most powerful 4 cylinder in the world! steph papadakis: hahaha 2ar-fe go brrrr
Amazing to see the technology that makes it. Not so on how to make it faster, but on how to make it last longer. But the price tag on those is ridiculous, I can see the pain in the owner's eyes when a 500hp shitbox wastes them.
Yet Nissan developed a 1 litre 3 cylinder turbo charged engine that weighs as much as a dog. And it produces 400bhp, so the AMG engine has no advantage at all apart from torque and weight
Bournefort
2 måneder siden
That Nissan engine is a race-car engine. Not even comparable. Apples to oranges. I doubt it would last 10,000 miles before needing a rebuild.
Is this engine made by Mercedes or Renault?
It appears that Tim Cook of Apple has been talking with Ola Källenius.
Will a parallel twin aluminum (block & head) 800cc push rod 4 valve 100 bhp & 100 Nm requires closed deck for cooling the block or open deck will be better.
Mercedes : We have the most powerful 4 Cylinder Honda Civic Drivers : But we have V-Tec
Charles Lowe
2 måneder siden
And it's JDM tight, yo!?
Rafa Pereira
2 måneder siden
@Shabuti R18 they have pioneered using the direct injection in plane engines,but it was an sweden who invented it....XD
Top Twitch Clips
2 måneder siden
It amazes me how many people dont get that this is a joke.
Arihant Pathak
2 måneder siden
Bro mercedez benz is also using vtec for multiple cam sizes first get to know what is vtec :)
Mitchell Media
3 måneder siden
@The notorious Joey you're damn lucky then😂 I had an e46 BMW and had quite the headache
who cares I will nEVer go below 8
Bournefort
2 måneder siden
Either you don't drive very often or you like blowing money on gas lol. I'm not a billionaire so I actually care about efficiency and performance of an engine.
And bmw made the most powerfull 4 cillinder 1500cc engine in the world. Which came out of an production car. Eat that Merc!
Koenigsegg makes 3 cylinder 2 lit engine with 600 HP
Like really?? Mitsubishi did this already in 2007-2008 with the last gen Evo. Rotated the engine, intercooler in front, turbo in the back. Split manifold, twin scroll turbo... it like really 10+ year old tech. In a production car, and made those power numbers not even going over 30 psi, in stock car, with factory warranty (UK fq400 models)
Bournefort
2 måneder siden
Dude, good point. I'm glad you pointed that out. I had never heard of another factory engine with these specs. The Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X FQ400 was a beast. I can't find much on their reliability.
Thanks for the video, as always great representation. So many good things going on here: twin scroll with roller bearings, closed deck, high boost, port/DI injection, exhaust rotated to the firewall (heat is pushed out of the engine bay naturally), but there's always have to be something to hold it back. With all the effort and no iron sleeves? Cutting corners everywhere. Time will tell, but I'm skeptical. Haven't seen those to hold up. I bet it has one piece low friction oil rings too. I see it start burning oil before 50k miles and dealer of course is going to say it's normal.
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Have they started selling this car in the United States yet?
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Evo 10 has the fg 440 its a 440hp car from factory its a 2 liter 4 cylinder engine 🤷🏻♂️
Designed to precisely last exactly 100,000 miles.
i thought koenigsegg did :( but i think their's is a 3 cylinder
But then koenigsegg made a 3 cylinder that's faster xD
Let’s just forget the 4G63 shall we..
This Mercedes ENGINE looks like the 1994 Celica Gt4 ENGINE. But modern technologie is always better
1983 F1 Brabham bt52 with the BMW 2002 iron block turbo engine 1500cc 4 cyl 1500 bhp, sometimes i think we could do more.
I demand a inline 4 cylinder engine with about 2.5-3.0 L displacement and 140 hp and intake-manifold fuel injection. Solid and most environmently friendly way of transportation because of its long and clean life.
What about m111
How's this impressive??? It's *turbocharged!!*
Ha ha ha...So Lexus is Right once again...Direct Injection and Port Injection..best solution to Carbon Build up caused by Direct injection..
30 psi for that power......pfffft you make that with a Turbo Honda B16A on less psi........So is the Merc engine that good??
My svt focus hade 330whp
Any idea how much pounds of boost my farts make?
ill stick to the barra 400hp on 10psi with stock turbo
But will it break after 3 years ....
It's boosted. People make 800HP with civics.
Mercedes are trash, their vans are complete garbo to say the least.
The torque specs seem low to me.
a nightmare for mechanics
How Mercedes made the fastest 2liter car? Simple.... By 100.000euros... Very simple...
Easy, just chip up your Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi car etc, yours will be faster than Mercedes. The thing is that today's Mercedes fails to prove its reliability.
Toyota’s prototype engine: *no*
Brilliant design but you can tell the one thing they never thought about was making it last 100,000 kilometers
Gio Amg
3 måneder siden
Forged and hand built kiddo
All I hear is dollar signs when it breaks...
Maserati has a m139 engine as well...its a v8 though
That thing is gonna blow up. Blow it's gaskets
VW could easily build a 400HP EA888 engine as we know they did with the Golf R400 concept that would have been a production vehicle had Dieselgate not slashed funding. I wish Mercedes had just developed a I-5 for their “45” AMG cars instead of the I-4. Not only would the I-5 sound better, but it would be able to produce more power under less stress and Mercedes has a storied history of I-5 engines, albeit diesels, but still... for the sake of history! It also would be interesting to see the power and torque war between Audi and Mercedes go to new levels as introducing a new I-5 for the 45AMG models would have been like declaring war on the RS3/RSQ3/TT-RS.
And Koenigseeg is able to pull 600HP out of a 3 cylinders 😱😱😱😱👍👍👍
Kind of a misleading title, should be most powerful 4 cylinder power unit as the turbo is technically not part of the engine.
What's the hp as ford's 2.3 had over 300hp
BMW BT52 engine is laughing
Still getting details wrong eh? Closed deck blocks still have full size coolant passages around the cylinders just like open deck blocks. The only benefits of open deck are that the top 3mm of the cylinders get coolant contact (big whoop) and it's cheaper to manufacture.
Naturally Aspirated, or Super Charged engines are more reliable. Turbos are connected to the Down Pipe, which is connected to the exhaust system for back flow pressure to spool the turbines. Back flow coming from exhaust leads to Carbon Build Up Check Engine Light turns on at 38,000 miles (after manufacturers warranty) Thus, locking Turbo Blades and internal veins, restricting air and boost. From my experience I learned the hard way, it was great for 3.5 years (after factory warranty ended) fuel mileage average was 32 mpg and dropped significantly to 8 mpg to 12 mpg. Good luck with your Turbo replacement.
Lol in real world, Honda and Mitsubishi makes the most powerful 4 cyl turbo. Facts.
Cars are getting closer to motorcycles in HP per litre. Most top of the line sports bikes pull 200hp+ from a 1000cc engine so a 2000cc engine will need 400hp to match the bikes and it would appear Mercedes has done this with a 416hp from a 2000cc engine. However the bikes do it with a NA tune and the car needs a turbo. What about a bike company that puts a Super Charger on their bikes? Well Kawasaki does this with the H2R and pulls 325hp from a 1000cc engine, so if the cars want to keep up then Mercedes needs to pull 650hp from this engine. Sorry buddy I'm not buying a car until they get faster. PS. I am aware there are cars faster than a motorcycle but these cars usually cost $1 million USD or more.
Now we need a video on the Toyota GR Yaris.. Worlds most powerful 3 cylinder production engine
And now there's a 3-cylinder car with 600hp
the motor 4 cylinders most power powerful with the half of power than the most powerfull motor of 3 cylinders and 2.0 liters by koenigsegg hahahahahahah
Lol königsegg built a 3cylinder producing 600 horsepower
Koeniggsegg made 3 cylinder 2.0 600HP!!!!! I love merceees but i think koneniggsegg engine will be more realible
can you revieuw the V6in the alfa Giulia?
that's a 2020 engine, everything looks awesome , close decks are very comon used on italian and german engines since the dawn of times , open decks were used by suzuki and psa, that nanocoating is awesome but making cilinder liners thinner just to save barelly 1 kg of weight sounds gimmick. I still prefer a long gone replacable cylinder lining block
What gas would you need to run so you don't detonate
Marissa Lukezic
7 måneder siden
Use the 91 octane ot higher. I have a Mercedes.
Over 200bhp per liter IS impressive, but this is definitely and engine to lease and not to own. I don't even want to think about the long-term maintenance costs outside after the warranty is up!
All that explanation when they still had turn up the boost.
Duke 63
7 måneder siden
There's more new technology then only boost. Drive one and you will see... The engine is very powerful and has extrem less consumption. It's fun to drive and to accelerate, cornering and handling of the new A45S are extraordinary.
How is this the most powerful 4cyl engine yet koenigsegg also has a 2L engine that is 3cyl and makes 600hp
Calling this the most powerful engine in the world is slightly disingenuous. Most powerful production 4 cylinder, sure, but calling it the most powerful flat out while people like Stephan Papadakis build 1000 horsepower formula drift cars out of four cylinders is just a bare faced lie.
NO !!! It's not the most powerful 4 cyl . It's the most powerful production 4 cyl.
How long is that nanoslide gona last?
The Nanoslide technology originated at Sulzer in Switzerland. Not sure, but the blocks may be manufactured by Magna in Austria
Do you know if they use a detector/controller on the spark cables to detect electron flow from detonation? It is a far superior method to using piezoelectric detectors.