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Titanium Connecting Rods

Pankl's core product, and the reason its components appear in numerous Formula 1 engines.

Engine Internals Made to order confidence: medium

Manufacturing

Manufacturer Pankl Racing Systems
Origin 🇦🇹 Austria
Manufactured here
Crankdrive manufacturing at Bruck an der Mur.
Process Forged
Additively manufactured No
Material Ti-6Al-4V (Grade 5)
Notes Titanium rods cut reciprocating mass, which lowers the inertial loads the crank and bearings see at high rpm. That is a different benefit from simply making the engine lighter, and it is why the material persists here despite the cost.

Fitment

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Made to application rather than sold per model; specify the engine.
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Sources

  1. Kapfenberg — Pankl Racing Systems, accessed 2026-08-17