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. However, there’s a company out there called Cison that makes miniature versions of real engines, including a small-block overhead-valve V8 rather like something Chevy has produced for a long time and used in the Silverado 1500. Unlike the typical RC car engine, Cison’s V8 is four-stroke, water-cooled, runs on gasoline, and is expensive. That hasn’t stopped micro-engine enthusiast and YouTuber Johnnyq90 from dropping one in an RC truck. And it sounds downright glorious now that it’s ready to open up the throttle.
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