Krontec air jack system
Krontec is the pit stop's German choreographer: the Regensburg firm's air jack systems and lances — GT and endurance racing's standard lift — that raise cars in a hiss and define what a professional stop looks like.
History
Krontec Maschinenbau built its Regensburg name in motorsport pneumatics and fluid systems, with air jacks the signature: the in-car system (three or four pneumatic cylinders plumbed to a single lance connector, engineered into GT and prototype structures) and the pit-side hardware (air lances, bottle regulators and distribution) that together made the instant-lift pit stop — the whole car rising in under two seconds — endurance and GT racing's defining choreography, with OEM-fitment relationships across the GT3/GT4 and Cup-car world building the installed base.
The product's regulation life shapes the market: air jack systems are homologated components of the cars they serve (GT3/Cup machinery ships with them), retrofits serve club endurance where rules permit, and the pneumatic hardware's pressure ratings and service culture (seals, cylinders, lance valves as maintained items) follow professional standards.
Used Krontec equipment splits by layer: in-car systems travel with cars (standalone cylinder sets need exact-model matching), while pit-side lances, regulators and bottles trade actively through team clearouts — the diligence being pressure-hardware condition, valve function and fitting-standard compatibility with your car's connector.
Palmarès
Lifting Le Mans, Nürburgring 24h and GT championship pit stops across the modern customer-racing era — the choreography record: seconds saved per stop, multiplied by every stop of every enduro the installed base ever ran.
What to check before you buy
Layer identity first: in-car cylinder systems are model-specific (mounting, stroke, plumbing — match exactly or budget engineering), while pit-side hardware (lances, regulators, hoses, bottles) is the liquid used market — verify valve function, seal condition and pressure-rating currency on everything that holds air (bottles carry test-date requirements; check them like the safety items they are). Connector-standard compatibility between lance and car is the system's handshake — confirm it. Team clearouts supply honest kit; pressure-hardware unknowns deserve service before service. Budget seal refreshes as routine on any used system.
Did you know
- The air jack's two-second lift defined the modern pit stop's image — the car rising in a hiss is endurance racing's signature move, and it's plumbing.
- Lance technique is a pit-crew skill: the connector's engage-and-hold under adrenaline is practised like wheel-gun work, because fumbling it costs the stop.
- Compressed-air bottles carry test-date law like fuel cells and helmets — the pit lane's pressure hardware lives on the same calendar as its safety gear.
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