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  1. The Dung Beetle and Azn at SEMA 2017

    The 2017 SEMA Show will be here before you know it, and if you’re you will be at the event, you need to make stopping by the Heatshield Products booth a top priority! In addition to learning about the best thermal and acoustic barriers on the market, you can meet Street Outlaws’ Azn, along with a chance to see his famous turbocharged VW, aptly dubbed the Dung Beetle.


    Built with the help of the Rancho Performance team, the Dung Beetle is a 1966 Volkswagen Beetle with a built VW flat-four with CB Performance internals that cranks out serious power, thanks to a Turbonetics T3/T4 turbocharger. The engine has Haltech EFI (tuned by RIP Tuning), a custom exhaust and turbo intake by Furo Racecraft, a chassis and cage built by Ron Lummus Racing, and a Rancho four-speed gearbox. The exterior finish of paint and

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  2. Meet Celebrities Mike Finnegan and KC Mathieu at the 2016 SEMA Show!

    Are you going to the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas? Be sure to stop by the Heatshield Products booth #24013 for a chance to meet automotive stars Mike Finnegan and KC Mathieu!

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    Meet online celebrity Mike Finnegan at the Heatshield Products Booth #24013 at the 2016 SEMA Show, Wednesday November 2, from 1:30-2:30 at the 2016 SEMA Show

    Most will know Mike Finnegan from his appearance on the popular YouTube series Roadkill

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  3. *Project Delivered*

    Rockstar Garage has a tall order ahead of them, a basket case SEMA build, 3 months, can it get done? We know it can, being fueled by plenty of Rockstar Energy the SEMA thrash has officially begun.

    Will it get stroker V8 power? Should we add forced induction? Will Nic from RStar lose his mind? Be sure to follow us to find out.

    If you are a company you wants to participate in the build let us know, it will be headed to SEMA and then on a nationwide tour in 2015.

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  4. More SEMA pictures

    Still sorting through SEMA photos, here was a great moment! TC from Bay One Customs gets a picture with Jon Kosmoski founder of House of Kolor and Tim Strange from Strange Motion. He and we both admire and respect them for what they have done for our industry and for being even better people! Thanks for stopping by and saying hi! We have even more SEMA goodness to sort through, wow this takes a lot of time. Stay tuned.

    Right to left: Jon, TC, Tim

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  5. SEMA Stress Relief

    SEMA show fun.It is a lot of work to get to and from SEMA for everyone. from builders to manufacturers, and even the TV Celebrities. We have had the honor and privilege or working with some of the best people in the industry, one such person is Kevin Tetz from TRUCKS! We consider Kevin Byrd and Kevin Tetz more family than anything else. With all the work it is great to have a little fun and stress relief, not sure if this was a relief for Tetz, but the rest of us had fun! We love you buddy. Hope you brought some extra underwear for the week!

    I think the favorite here is, get the defibrillator!

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