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The objective of this study is to investigate weight and cost reduction opportunities for a forged steel crankshaft. To optimize the design we need to understand the behavior of the crankshaft when engine is running at high- speed. In past, considerable amount of research effort has gone into the investigation of dynamic characteristics of a spinning shaft with attached discs but there has been less research on the bending behavior of high-speed engine crankshaft. Literature shows that stress and stiffness estimation under static condition is sufficient for engines operating at low-speed but dynamics of crankshaft at high- speed changes stress and stiffness values considerably. Actual engine dynamics simulation and experimental measurement demands huge effort and time. The novelty of this work is to develop simplified testing and simulation methodologies for studying crankshaft behavior in both static and dynamic conditions.