I know we've mentioned a million times that we should have a thread with KOS photos and videos, or any other street car series. Maybe if we keep it going and get some good input Tom(Moparts) will give us a permanent sticky like the SS/AH thread.

My former KOS EZ Street Duster

Mike Gray

My former KOS Super Street Dart

Mike Gray

Randy, yes the Duster had a PTC converter in it (it's for sale).

Mike Gray

mike i love that duster!

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Do you have any of the Purple Dart in the background of Sheilas engine comp pic???

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KOS was such a neat class. I thought it was pretty cool when
I saw the first SB in one of the cars. I don't remember the
car but, I think it had Arrington heads on 390+ inches.

BTW, names with the pictures would add to the historical merit of this thread. (Archives)

man, do all those pics bring back memories, those cars are what made me get into the heads up stuff. I should be mad cause I would have alot more money know, lmao, lol. I have alot of pics will try and get them out and scan in the next few days.

Man there is some sweet rides on this thread!!! We have a kos series again for 09 6th year. Here is the site if some of you guys wanna check it out. www.sikosracing.com

Some of the nicest racers were in that Class. Sheila Bowman in her Black E-Body... what a badd ride!!!

Andy,do you have any of my car.My computer is on the rag and won't work right.Lenny

think so, will look tomorow, this one is my dads

It is a tank at 4065# with driver, but it has ran 8.62.

They need this class at all Classic Events!!!

Heres a link to the KOS thread from a couple of years ago. Some good pics. If i get time later I'll post the pics again.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...part=1&vc=1

Anyone have a picture of Mike Duke's Indy Cylinder Head Dart?

there are pics of mike duke's car on the link I posted

So am I!!!! But that does not take away from the fact taht those are some of the most entertaining cars to go down the track.

I agree

This tread reflects why I am completely burnt out on KOS talk.

50% of the cars pictured in this thread were never seen at a KOS race. Another 25% were only at one or two races the 10 years the series was ran.

Every year KOS was available to be ran people from all over promised to come. Sponsors were found and were let down due to poor car counts. A huge car count in a class was considered an 8 car feild. A good car count was 4.

I spent a lot of money in this. For 2005 I bought a new trailer and put every accessory I could find a need for in the trailer. Jumped through a whole lot of hoops and had the car really coming around. All this to find at the end of the 5' season KOS was dead.

Went to Memphis to an NMCA race and really had everything going my way. The car was absolutely flying. Nothing could go wrong we thought. Final round of qualifying we were planning on hitting both stages. The car ran a 5.07 in the eighth after a close call with the wall and was still pulling hard on the big end. The car nosed over and burnt pistons everywhere. Extreme amounts of timing pulled and an extremely lean tuneup in the second stage. We found the tuneups were dead on. A belt had came off in the bleach box and we had no idea it had taken the power to the water pump and fans with it. After a long staging process from the Turbo car in the other lane despite frigid air temps the engine simply overheated so bad it stuck some rings and pulled the whole dome off one piston.

I had just burried my dear friend THE KOS SERIES. And now looked like a complete engine to go with. I came home salvaged the parts and sold everything to do with nitrous oxide I owned. Took the alternater that the bearings stuck in causing the belt failure and pitched it in the trash. Built a high winding NA engine and thought I could survive. It has never been the same.

For 10 years I spent at least $30,000 a year racing KOS or other heads up series'. Now it is time to build a new house. Wish I could get all that money back. Too bad the welders and tubing fitters and machines I own can't build that house. They can a new racecar. A new race car I don't need but I have a good one if I can ever see my way through building this house. Then maybe make another serious effort in some heads up series. Would be nice now that my kids are older and can help out to go race a few Mopars. Maybe next year. Maybe someone else with the drive to do this will want to buy me out. I have seen many who thought they had that kind of drive but quickly petered out.

Leon

30,000, 25 of it was a dollar at a time

Now that is funny!
I'am with Leon,It was funny when the top two cars in EZ could outrun half the feild in SS.

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For 10 years I spent at least $30,000 a year racing KOS or other heads up series'.

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Do you want a cookie?
All I have is moon pies and cow pies.
It's the rich guys like you that run the series away. It's who ever spends the most money in any heads up series. You spent all of that coin and wasn't competetive, so how do you expect the average guy on a budget to compete. Any small tire street car or street car period around this country is considered a KOS car in my opinion, wheather they ran or planed on running an event. So don't knock the average working man for considering their pride and joy that they work on every bit as much as you, their own KOS car.
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Carry on;
More pics please

Cowl Hood

pro sport back in the day (mark hughs)

any reason why you guys used cowl hoods over the sixpack hoods

Im not an expert but its my understanding that they actually work that much better.... but I would love to hear everyones opinion

Pretty much all the reasons mentioned. Some classes don't allow front facing scoops and we started noticing that above 130 in the quarter the scoop and hood were trying to rip off the car.

Gentlemen i like the stories i'm reading here let keepem coming love them fast a$$ streetcars

Man I remember all or most of these cars. Back when I building my Cuda I was gonna have "fit" into the True Street class{iirc} and by the next year when I was finally done building it, they went and changed the rules. Then I couldn't even find an organization that I could even fit it into..

But I do like alll those cars. I wish I had my own pics of some. The ones I remember were from the all the mags.

Great pics guys....... you are all my heros

i have always wanted to race with the big boys but just never had the dough to compete.

I did have enuff cash for the cowl hood and 10.5 tires I just made my car look like a KOS car.

I have had plenty of people ask if its a old KOS car

Oh and I mis the cowl hood it did look sweeeet

I put a cowl on mine just to piss people off.No really I think they look better.The cowl was good for 3mph.

Here is acouple when I raced in 01..That year was alot of fun...car had a 572 in it then...

one more of me and Shiela...

Bristol staging lane pic..Leon,Mike Robbins,Wade Flack,dont know what happened to Wade..Bill May and my buddy John Eisz,at his first and only KOS race..that car is blue and silver now...

April 02 Mopar Action KOS car of that month!

Even tho I am a new-commer to the street/mopar scene, I'm glad I got a chance to read about you guys in Mopar Action. That mag and all of you guys were my major inspiration. Chris, i did'nt realize you were the one with that cuda!

It had a Hemi scoop on it.Was hard to keep it on the car.

I started a thread like this a year or two ago, and I have some pics on my other puter that I will post next time I am on it. There was someone on here that had a DVD of KoS video's he was going to burn copies of, but never heard anything more about it. I told him I would send him a DVD with some money or whatever, anyone remember who it was or have anything?

I am planning on it John.

With the new Uratchko bullit