I am new to forum, searching for general info on mercedes v8 and its crankshaft design/firing order for a personal project. Will return info here if interested , in exchange for the help. It is basically a computer animation.The www and searching the billionares search engine is (google-as usual) returning ridiculous stuff. I found this firing order:

MERCEDES - 1 5 4 8 6 3 7 2 #1 is on the drivers side (1,2,3,4)

I am hoping this is common on all mercedes gas v8?
Is the crankshaft similar to American Chevy v8(small block)?
Any help appreciated. My email is below.
bgd1973@hotmail.com

Moved for better answer.

I am not sure what car you have , but if it is a 450sl 73. Then I beleive the #1 cly is front pass. side.

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Stable:
1973 450sl
1978 red diamond ice vette
1975 steel blue convertable vette
2002 steel blue dakota quad.

ok thank you. I was hoping for a universal mercedes v8 standard vut they do change, or info I got is wrong. Are cylinders numbered odd-even (1-3-5-7) passenger side? or straight 1-2-3-4.
I did find v8 crankshaft design to be identical to that of GM. I will even use the same drawing to animate the mercedes, I just need to get common firing order and cylinder number placement to note further differences. I will be startled to find out if they aren't.

The #1 passenger front side, going backward is #2 then #3 ect. Front drivers side is #5 ect. Cheers

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Stable:
1973 450sl
1978 red diamond ice vette
1975 steel blue convertable vette
2002 steel blue dakota quad.

Ok, thank you very much. A bizarre question to most I'm sure, but does it run clockwise or counter-clockwise?(I shamefully can't find what I need on the web)?

Clockwise looking from the front of the vehicle towards the rear. Mark