Nitro RC cars and trucks used nitro in their special mixture fuel that gives power to their engine. Although not recommended for beginners, many RC enthusiasts love them because of their speed and power just like a real car. Realness of a car makes nitro gas power RC car so popular amongst hobbyist.

If you ever see one you will spot easily that they are much alike to a real car, not only their speed, but also the smoke, smell, and sounds produced from its nitro engine. The technology impacts the quality nitro remote control cars greatly, now they are safer and more reliable than in the past.

Radio Control Nitro Car Parts and Accessories:

No matter nitro RC car you have, in general they consist of five defining features:

1. Special nitro mixture fuel
   As its name suggests, this car, just like a real car, does use gasoline as its fuel, however it's not the regular gasoline but special fuel made of oil and gasoline mixture.
2. High performance nitro engine
   Two type nitro motors available are: the 2-stroke and the 4 stroke engine. If you familiar with motorcycles, 2-stroke engine is similar kind of engine which you found in motorcycles. Nowadays, 2-stroke engine - 23cc displacement is widely used in nitro vehicles.
3. Starter
   Nitro engine need starter, and there are two types of them:
   • Pull-start nitro engine; you pull it like a lawnmower to start
   • Non-pull nitro engine; you need a starter box to fire up
4. Exhaust pipe
5. Air filter

Since different type of RCs need different setup, always read your car's instruction manual first before you start.

How to Keep Your Nitro at its Best Performance?

Doing maintenance for RC cars or trucks much more the same. You need to do regular maintenance for your car or trucks, such as:

• Always keep the engine clean, well tuned and correctly setup, and also
• Use good quality fuel always, by doing so your car will always at its best.

Treat your engine well so you would never have trouble on race day. Your car's engine only run as good as you treat them.

The choice still yours… but if you love nitro gas cars & trucks, yet still consider to have electric RC car or truck, read some tips of choosing best electric radio controlled cars.

CEN Racing MG10-MT 1/10 Scale 4WD Nitro Monster Truck

Matrix TR Arena New Ready to Run Gas Powered Truggy

DuraTrax FireHammer 1/5 Scale Gasoline Buggy

Buyer's Guide

As you find this article useful for you. You might also want to dig deeper, and browse RC cars collection from our recommended online hobby store.

• HobbyTron offers big discount on every RC package purchase
• Raidentech offers generous 10% off on every RC cars, trucks, and more. Don't forget to use discount coupon code: CJ10 ($50.00 minimum purchase required)
• Trend Times has a wide selection of RC Cars, some of them you might not even get from any online hobby stores.

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