Engine Summary
- Manufacturer
- Nash Motors / Donald Healey Motor Company
- Family
- Nash LeMans Dual Jetfire inline-six
- Displacement
- 253 cubic inches
Also Known As
LeMans Dual Jetfire Ambassador SixNash-Healey 253 six252.6-cid Nash-Healey six
Engine profile
1954 Nash-Healey 252.6 LeMans Dual Jetfire inline-six
Nash LeMans Dual Jetfire inline-six · 253 cubic inches · Nash Motors / Donald Healey Motor Company
Identification reference
Engine Details
Source-backed component numbers, codes, stampings, and application notes.
Induction
- Value
- Two Carter side-draft carburetors on a Healey aluminum cylinder head
- Application
- 1954 Nash-Healey Le Mans hardtop
- Type
- carburetor / specification
- Car pages
- 1954 Nash Healey
Sources: 1953 Nash-Healey: America's Outstanding Sports Car , 1954 Nash-Healey Le Mans Coupe Project
Final-year engine
- Value
- 252.6 cu in; 8.0:1 compression; 140 bhp at 4,000 rpm; 230 lb-ft at 2,000 rpm
- Application
- 1954 Nash-Healey Le Mans hardtop
- Type
- engine assembly / specification
- Car pages
- 1954 Nash Healey
Sources: 1953 Nash-Healey: America's Outstanding Sports Car , 1954 Nash-Healey Le Mans Coupe , 1954 Nash-Healey Le Mans Coupe
Cars Using This Engine
1 linked car page.
Two-door three-place Pinin Farina Le Mans hardtop
1954 Nash Healey
Pinin Farina Le Mans hardtop on a 108-inch wheelbase