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Every vehicle equipped with internal combustion engine and every Internal Combustion engine has connecting rod. The main idea of this study is to analyze the connecting rod and explore weight reduction opportunities of connecting rod by examining connecting rod with two new materials, glass fiber and carbon fiber. In this study CI engine connecting rod is selected for analysis. Therefore this study deals with two subjects first static stress analysis of existing connecting rod and second optimization of rod for weight reduction by experimenting it with two new materials. In this study after knowing dimensions of connecting rod appropriate 3D model is prepared using CATIA, the model is imported in ANSYS software. Static analysis is done by fixing small end force is applied at big end, and by fixing big end force is applied at small end. Static stress analysis is carried out for compressive as well as tensile loading. And von-misses stresses and deformations were found in existing connecting rod for given loading conditions. The same work was done for same design and same loading conditions for two selected new materials. After optimization with new materials it is observed that Stress induced in composite materials was reduced. And weight of connecting rod also reduced