About Us

Background

car Brothers Martin and Kobus van Rensburg had very successful careers at Nissan South Africa before they started MAUS Performance. Martin managed the Technical Training Centre and was responsible for both employee and dealer staff training. Kobus was involved in the very successful Motorsport Department, and worked specifically on the Nissan Skyline Rally vehicle, building and developing the competition engines, enhancing the power output. The success of the Skyline Rally Cars in the 1980`s speaks for itself – Nissan not only clinched the Class B title on more than one occasion, but also clinched the SA Rally Championship title.

About Maus

Martin is now the sole owner of the business, his son, Francois joined the business in 2004.

Francois heads up the Dyna tuning and Unichip side of the business, after having been trained by his father and uncle and having passed all the necessary courses.

Back in the days it was more carburettor controlled cars, these days the electronic control systems of modern cars is quite advanced. So therefore the change in the business was for the best.

About Engines

The working of an internal combustion engine:

In the internal combustion engine chemical energy stored in the form of fuel is converted into kinetic energy in the form of motion. In the engine a fuel/air mixture drawn in through the air intake system is combusted in a combustion chamber (cylinder). Upon combustion the volume of gas in the cylinder increases, which forces the piston downwards. The crank shaft transfers the motion of the pistons through a series of shafts and gears to the drive-wheels. The gas resulting from the combustion exits the engine through the exhaust system. The quantity of motion is defined as torque and is measured in Newton Meter (N.m). The torque produced by the engine and delivered to the wheels propels the vehicle. The rate at which the torque is delivered to the wheels is the power of the engine, and is measured in kilo-Watt (kW). The torque of a vehicle determines its ability to propel the vehicle and any associated loads, whilst the power determines the rate at which the vehicle accelerates.