Nitro RC Car Parts

Like any complex system, the Nitro RC car has many parts. Knowledge its parts is essential for the knowledge of choosing, running, maintaining, upgrading and assembling of a Nitro RC car. The Nitro RC car has the following main parts:

Internal combustion engine: Either two or four stroke type that runs on a special Nitro fuel, custom made for nitro RC cars other RC toys. Comprehensive maintenance at prescribed intervals is very necessary to its health.

Air filter: Like any air breathing engine, the nitro RC car's engine also need a full functional miniature air filter, to keep the air entering the engine free of dust. Needless to say, it also needs frequent cleaning, especially after race.

Fuel lines: Even a good engine and clean fuel won't help, if fuel lines are not clean. It pays to check them often and before important races. Dirt and grit can accumulate and clog the lines affecting the engine performance.

Fuel Filter: Though, the commercially available fuel is mostly clean and free from grit, the engine still need a fuel filter to stop anything solid and tiny from reaching the engine cylinder.

Exhaust pipe: A finely tuned exhaust system is one of the unique features of Nitro RC cars.

Radio transmitter and receiver: The brain of the Nitro RC car is the Radio Control (My fellow human racers, please forgive me, if yours is the brain that actually calls the shots!). Good quality and reliable electronics is very important, in the harsh internal environment of a nitro RC car.

Servo: It is the actual manager which physically takes charge of speed control, acceleration, and turning.

Steering System: It's necessary that the system keeps the turn free, proportional and flexible without affecting the wheel alignment.

Drive subsystems: Good quality and technologically appropriate differentials, drive trains, transmissions, cooling systems, engine subsystems are important.

Apart from these the car need a pack of batteries to power its electronics and ignite the engine. Many of these parts for all the popular brands of Nitro RC cars are widely available in shops and internet.

Whether it is for maintenance or upgrade or assembling a new car, always rely on authentic and correct spares.