Dodge Charger And Magnum Shaker Hood Scoops - Shaken, Not Stirred

We can now remove the center section of the tape, leaving a taped pattern of the hole we'll cut for the scoop.

Before cutting the hole for the scoop, be sure to remove the underhood insulation. The proper tool works great, but the clips can also be pried out with a screwdriver if needed.

After covering the engine with a protective blanket and drilling a pilot hole for our saw blade, we began cutting our hood. No turning back now!

Cutting the Magnum's hood was a breeze because it is constructed primarily of aluminum.

While the next step of fitting the lower finish panel can be performed on the car, we found it easier to remove the hood and place it upside down on a stand.

After tracing the outline of the underhood finish panel, we mark and draw a line 1 1/4-inch inboard of our traced outline. This will be where we cut the hood's understructure to clear the finish panel.

We used a die grinder to cut away the inner structure of the hood. We are careful because the inner structure is very close to the hood's outer surface in some places. We placed a gasket scraper between the layers to ensure we didn't cut through.

With the underhood structure cut away, our finish panel fit perfectly. Now we mark the hood to drill the holes for the retaining clips.

With our hood accurately butchered, we turned our attention to the scoop and outer finish ring. These parts were already in primer, just needing to be finish sanded and painted. J.D. chose to finish the trim ring in the car's original silver and paint the scoop hot-rod black for a nice contrast.