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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWhen Nichols began the journey of modifying his 2006 Dodge Magnum SRT8, he met with Adam Montague of SpankinTime Motorsports \u2013 a shop which has produced many quick modern Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> vehicles. The two discussed Nichols\u2019 goals and they decided on a build that included increasing the engine displacement from 345 to 392 cubic inches along with adding a 2.9-liter Whipple supercharger. First time out with that setup, Nichols ran in the low-11s, but it didn\u2019t take him long to work his way down into the 10-second range, racing at Famoso Dragstrip and Irwindale Dragstrip. While running in the 11s and 10s, this Magnum was still a daily-driven family hauler, but as he got near the 9-second range, safety became a concern. To address that issue, Carlin Fabrications in Redlands, California, installed an 8.50-certified cage. At that point, this Magnum was no longer used for daily driving duties with the kids in the back seat, but it was and still is licensed, insured and driven on the street today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2021, Max Nichols broke into the 9s for the first time, getting into the 9.80s at Famoso. He then drove this Magnum over a thousand miles during the Race Week Drag and Drive event, stopping at Thunder Valley, Texas Motorplex, Tulsa Raceway Park and Mid-America Dragway to compete among many of the quickest street cars in the country. It was around this time that Nichols decided that after four years of tuning, tweaking and perfecting the first build to get into the 9s, it was time for a new build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Max Nichols was planning the new build, he wanted his Magnum to be \u201ca monster at the strip, but still street-capable\u201d. Inspired by the Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, he calls this current iteration of his Dodge wagon the Dragnum and while still being street legal, Nichols has reset the world record for the quickest quarter-mile time by a Magnum \u2013 laying down a stunning 8.344 at 164.69 miles per hour \u2013 but as was the case with the 392, getting the best numbers from the 431-cubic-inch Gen 3 HEMI\u00ae<\/sup> engine took a bit of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After starting the build in 2021, Montague and the team at SpankinTime Motorsports finished Max Nichols\u2019 Dodge Magnum SRT8 earlier this year. On his first trip out with the current build, he ran a 9.15 at 150 and after some tuning changes, the Dragnum ran a 5.60 at 128 at Irwindale\u2019s 8th-mile track. For those of you who aren\u2019t familiar with how 8th<\/sup>-mile times compare to quarter-mile times, a time of 5.60 in the 8th<\/sup> would likely lead to a quarter-mile time in the 8s, so after that outing to Irwindale, Nichols was feeling good about running in the 8s on the longer track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On December 9, Max Nichols and his Dodge Magnum headed to Famoso for some testing in the cool winter air. His first run off of the trailer was an 8.60. For reference, at that point in time, the world record quarter-mile time for a Dodge Magnum was held by Gary Rhudy\/Nate Jenkins with an 8.439 at 160.33, so in running an 8.60, Nichols had the record in sight. He made some tuning changes and hit the track with about an hour left of track time and he ran an 8.48 with enough time left for one more pass. To get a little more power, he swapped the supercharger pulley to add more boost and headed out for one final run for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On that final\npass of the day on December 9, 2022, Max Nichols\u2019 monster Dodge Magnum broke\nthe water pump belt shortly after launch, but that didn\u2019t stop him from\nstorming down the track in just 8.344 seconds with a speed of 164.69 miles per\nhour \u2013 making his Dragnum the quickest Dodge Magnum in the world. He could not\nhave made another pass that day, but it didn\u2019t matter, as he had reset the\nrecord from back in 2018 and he did so on his birthday. The next day, Nichols\nhad the car back up and running at the Red List Series race event. You can\nwatch the record-setting pass in the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MagnumWorldRecord_IMG003-992x744.jpg\")
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