Engine Summary
- Manufacturer
- Chevrolet Motor Division
- Family
- Chevrolet Stovebolt inline-six
- Displacement
- 235 cubic inches
Also Known As
1953 Corvette Blue Flame Six235.5 inline-six235 Blue FlameLAY 235
Engine profile
1953 Chevrolet Corvette Blue Flame Six
Chevrolet Stovebolt inline-six · 235 cubic inches · Chevrolet Motor Division
Identification reference
Engine Details
Source-backed component numbers, codes, stampings, and application notes.
Documented block designs
- Value
- 3701481 first design or 3835911 second design
- Application
- Verify casting, date, assembly evidence, and serial-era coherence on an individual car
- Type
- block / casting number
- Car pages
- 1953 Chevrolet Corvette
Triple Carter YH side-draft carburetors
- Value
- First-design Carter 2066S / Chevrolet 3706151 or second-design 2066SA / Chevrolet 3706989
- Application
- 1953 Corvette triple-carburetor induction
- Type
- carburetor / part number
- Car pages
- 1953 Chevrolet Corvette
Sources: 1953 Corvette Performance and Specifications , 1953 Corvette Specifications
Cylinder head reference
- Value
- 3836066
- Application
- 1953 Corvette 235.5-cubic-inch engine reference
- Type
- cylinder head / casting number
- Car pages
- 1953 Chevrolet Corvette
Delco-Remy distributor reference
- Value
- 1112314
- Application
- 1953 Corvette Blue Flame Six
- Type
- distributor / part number
- Car pages
- 1953 Chevrolet Corvette
Blue Flame inline-six
- Value
- 150 gross hp at 4,200 rpm; 223 lb-ft at 2,400 rpm; 8.0:1 compression
- Application
- All 1953 production Corvettes
- Type
- engine assembly / specification
- Car pages
- 1953 Chevrolet Corvette
Sources: 1953 Chevrolet Corvette , 1953 Corvette Performance and Specifications , 1953 Corvette Specifications
Cars Using This Engine
1 linked car page.
Two-seat fiberglass roadster
1953 Chevrolet Corvette
June 30, 1953, on Chevrolet's pilot line in Flint, Michigan