Mercury Eight 4.2 Manual RWD (112 hp)
Generation 3 · 1949–1951
General
- Steering wheel position
- Left
Body
- Number of doors
- 5
- Number of seats
- 5
- Body type
- Estate
Dimensions
- Length
- 5433 mm
- Width
- 1946 mm
- Height
- 1680 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2997 mm
- Curb weight
- 1645 kg
Engine
- Engine type
- Petrol
- Engine layout
- Front-wheel drive, longitudinal
- Engine capacity
- 4,184 cm³
- Boost type
- None
- Engine power
- 112 hp
- Max power (kW)
- 82 kW
- Max power RPM
- 3,600 rpm
- Maximum torque
- 271 Nm
- Max torque RPM
- 2,000 rpm
- Cylinder layout
- V
- Number of cylinders
- 8
- Valves per cylinder
- 2
- Aspiration
- Carburetor
- Compression ratio
- 6.8
- Bore
- 80.96 mm
- Stroke
- 101.6 mm
- Engine code
- L-Head 255
- Engine model
- L-Head 255
- Valvetrain
- SOHC
Transmission
- Gearbox type
- Manual
- Number of gears
- 3
- Drive wheels
- Rear-wheel drive
Suspension & Brakes
- Front suspension
- Independent, Spring
- Front brakes
- Drum
- Rear brakes
- Drum
Performance
- Maximum speed
- 130 km/h
- Acceleration 0–100 km/h
- 20.1 s
Fuel Economy
- Fuel tank capacity
- 74 L
- City fuel consumption
- 19.3 l/100 km
- Highway fuel consumption
- 13.3 l/100 km
- Combined fuel consumption
- 17.1 l/100 km
- Fuel grade
- 92 octane
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