Gas-powered RC engines are typically two-stroke single-cylinder engines that run on a fuel made up of nitromethane mixed with methanol and oil. They are relatively simple, powerful, and inexpensive.

This isn’t just a toy. JohnnyQ90’s RC Chevy truck hits 18 mph, packs a $2,099 V8 that revs to 10,000 rpm, and sounds just like a real small-block. The world of radio-controlled (RC) vehicles is driven ...

A lot of folks argue that pickup trucks should have V8s. This RC build is for them. There’s a whole niche of small—nay, tiny engine builders who get a kick out of miniature V8s. JohnnyQ90 on YouTube ...

Interest in classic pickup trucks has been surging in the past few years, introducing car collectors to a whole new world of desirable vehicles. And while the "rules" are still being written when it ...

Want your ride featured on HOT ROD?Click hereto find out how! Some people build a hot rod, others restore a classic car, and some others get themselves a capable off-road 4X4. Harry Holck of Clifton ...

Ultra-premium truck restorer with history re-imagining pre-1970 Dodge Power Wagons turns its attention to converting 1955-to-1959 Chevrolet pickup trucks with the Napco 4x4 kit into howling showpieces ...

Leo Terrizzi of Huntington Station, New York, doesn't know the meaning of the word traffic. But, then again, neither would we if we drove a truck like his. "For some reason, whenever I drive my truck ...

Sometimes we see a pickup that may not jive with CCT's core readership, but we can't resist photographing it. Such was the case with Mary Jane and Tommie Glynn's '72 Chevy 4x4. The Glynn's Chevy is an ...

Nitro RC car engines have heat sinks with fins around them for cooling, but the Cison V8 has a separate radiator tank for water cooling. The whole system wouldn't fit in the 1:18 scale cars this ...