After seeing the Dodge Magnum on the road, there was this little gut feeling saying go to the nearest Dodge dealership. Well after that test drive, there was a little smirk that wouldn’t go away. Within a few hours,made my way home and started looking on what type of modifications could be done to this car.

Not even having the car for a month, the mod bug had bitten and boy did it bite hard. Looking online what could be done, the first thing was going to be some new 22” wheels. The choice took a while and ended up selecting TIS 07 with that nice chrome look to it. More and more hours on the computer and then this site LXforums pops up. After taking a look at that site there were more and more things that could be done to the car. Next thing that was done were some color matched headlights and some tinted tail lights with the outsides matched in the color of the Dodge Magnum. A few weeks went by and my 22” wheels finally made their way to Hawaii. There was something about the car and how high it was after putting my new wheels on that wasn’t like. What could that have been you are asking? Maybe that 3 ½ inch gap had to do with it. So after looking more on lxforums.com there was a company out in Germany that were producing some coilovers (KW version 2 with adjustable dampening), another modification that was a must to give it that aggressive look to her.

Wondering what could be done performance wise and make some more HP, only thing that was appealing to my knowledge was a Cold Air Intake made my Mopar. What a good looking intake and a better sound it gave the car. Few days later and there was this full cat back exhaust that just had my attention, ZOOMERS and boy what a nice beefy sound did that have. Another two weeks of waiting and it makes its way to Hawaii. Thinking on how to install the exhaust and how much it would cost is where the passion to learn about installs led me to. So a few hours later getting the jack stands needed to raise the car up, I found myself under the car cutting the old ones off and replacing with the new. Boy did the exhaust sounds just ring to my ears? Match made in heaven!!!

Well after those modifications had been done, there was a flier for a local car show. Ahh what the heck might as well and go, enter the car for grins. Ended up picking up my first trophy and seeing what others were doing to their car just set another fire under me. Wow few months go by and thing to myself what else needs to be done?

After doing the coil over modification I loved it but living in Hawaii, those big speed bumps and parking garages just started to get on my nerves. Found a company called Universal Air Suspension out of California. Purchased a setup for the Dodge Magnum and within a few days of it coming in the car was back up on jack stands. Now when driving the ride could be as low as she could go without cutting the tires on the fenders or back to stock height.

Well looking online at www.lxforums.com I run across a supporting vendor HHPracing.com High Horse Performance out of Delaware. Spent some time browsing their selection for the Dodge Magnum, could help to want the lambo style doors. Well I give Josh the owner a call and place the order a few weeks before my 1st big car show (Hot Import Nights Hawaii). A few days goes by and they are here. Now role in is in 3 days and here comes the fun stuff, putting them on all by yourself. 10 hours later and they are done, wow that was an attention grabbing modification right there.

Well few months go by and feeling guilty for doing anything to the Magnum. Seen on lxforums.com where some people were changing their Dodge Magnum to the front end of a Chrysler 300C. Ok that was just pure sex. Started doing research on what was needed and later on that day started buying fenders, headlights support bar, fog lights, new hood, and a new front bumper. For my car to stand out with those that have done this conversion there were a few other options that helped me out with making the purchase. Again called Josh at HHPracing.com and asked to see if he could get a Xenon front bumper for the Chrysler 300C, he had the ability to make it happen, while talking to him there was an RK Sport Rise hood that I just had to have. A few weeks go by and the parts start coming in. After about three weeks my appointment is here to get her painted. Few days goes by and it seems like forever, you remember when you were a kid and waiting for like what seemed forever on Christmas Eve to open your presents… Well car was done and wow just speechless. The attention that this car received on a daily basis was just unreal.

After those modifications, the car was just too busy being driven and entered in car shows. Within a year there have been 7 trophies won out of 9 shows. Those to shows I didn’t place were due to them not having a category for me.

After getting tired of our stronger brother the SRT-8 with a powerful V-8 that puts out a good 425 HP, that phone call was once made again to HHPracing.com. After seeing what High Horse Performance aftermarket cam, ported heads, long tube headers and a good full cat back exhaust was producing that was the next major modification that needed to be done. Prior to the modifications, took the car to the dyno just to see what she was putting down at the wheel. After 3 runs the best was 284 rear wheel horse power, not bad with my V-8, Mopar Cold Air Intake and the Zoomers cat back exhaust. A good month passes and the parts start to roll in. Really not wanting to spend a few thousand dollars for that install, the decision was made to do it alone. After the vast knowledge and support on lxforums.com I built up the courage to take the engine apart and start the engine modifications. Three days pass, get the car put back together, go to start the car and ohhh my goodness that car just sounded like a beast let out of hell. Just being careful with the car making sure not to get her any good wide open throttles before she gets a better tune was hard to do. Go back to the place where they did my prior dyno. Get her all hooked up let her cool down and we are off. Do numerous runs, 1st run started off with 380 rear wheel hp, getting the air fuel ration dialed after like 10 runs and she is putting down an impressive 401 rear wheel horsepower!

So where does it stop with this car and the modifications? With the modifications that have been done engine wise, see what others have done and how much Horse Power they are putting down. The mind has been made up to get the bottom end get forged and stroked, as of now looking to build the bottom end for a supercharger got to have a low compression, and along with those modifications there well be new 1000HP half shafts… Where does it stop? You can be the judge?