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Re: Titanium Crankshafts??
Posted to R.P.M. Forum on 3/6/2007

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besides cost, I think balancing would be an issue, as well as ductility(I made that word up:) Titanium may be too brittle to be useful as a crankshaft??? Any metallurgists in the wings??

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