Mendeola to make UTV transmission components

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Las Vegas, Nevada May 11th. 2017 Optimum Offroad today has announced a partnership with Mendeola Transaxles to develop and manufacture gearbox components and race ready transmission upgrades for performance side by sides. Optimum Offroad's owner Deric Schare said "I am excited to be working with Mike ,Ian & Jesse and everyone at Mendeola Transaxles to bring their over 40 years of engineering and manufacturing experience to the incredibly fast growing sport of performance side by sides". Mendeola Transaxles based in National City, California was started in 1972 when Mike Mendeola obtained a $3000 loan to build a transmission for team owner Mark Stahl and notable drivers including Roger Mears to compete in the 1977 Baja Internacional, predecessor to today's Baja 500. That early transmission set a new standard in offroad racing for toughness and the team went on to win it's first of many victories the next year. Optimum Offroad based in Las Vegas, Nevada specializes in drivetrain and chassis related upgrades for performance side by sides and will be releasing a newly designed RZR gear reduction this week (www.optimumoffroad.com).

With fitments for the Polaris RZR Turbo, RZR XP1000, General, RZR XP900, RZR S900-S1000, A.C.E. and many Ranger models the Optimum Offroad 10 is a new take on an old idea. Engineered for the desert driver who is running larger than stock tires but works equally well in the mud. What's unique is it's location in the Polaris transmission, where all other gear reductions are taken at the gearstack the Optimum 10 does the reduction closer to the wheels, at the pinion shaft. This design eliminates idler shaft case fractures and works in conjunction with all other reductions for an additional 10%. If you own a Polaris RZR Highlifter or Gold Rock Crawler edition the Optimum 10 will give you an additional 10% reduction. Designed to compensate for up to 3 tire sizes, you can now run 32" on you RZR and lose very little of the punch your car had with the stock 29" tires. Please visit www.optimumoffroad.com for more information or to place an order. All Optimum Offroad products are made in the U.S.A..Patent Pending.
 

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