First, sorry if this isn't in the right section for being not-necessarily-GT40-tech.
I'm scratch designing and building a mid engine 'pickup', and have always loved the rear end chassis and suspension setups on the GT's.
My original plan was double wishbone front and rear, but putting the pushrod suspension on the chassis and mounting the wishbones etc properly on node points of the chassis is a bit of a struggle.
The GT40 style (used on plenty of others i know, but i'm sure this is the most common application these days) however would work really really well on the chassis.
However it's not something you see used 'these days', is there any reason for this, apart from being somewhat prohibitive due to size? What are the downfalls?
double wishbone is almost certainly the easiest to work with and most adjustable, camber compensation, roll centre location, squat/dive and so forth!
However I assume that in a 2D view the radius arm setup can be viewed as double wishbone?
By the way is there a more correct name for the suspension design?
I'm scratch designing and building a mid engine 'pickup', and have always loved the rear end chassis and suspension setups on the GT's.
My original plan was double wishbone front and rear, but putting the pushrod suspension on the chassis and mounting the wishbones etc properly on node points of the chassis is a bit of a struggle.
The GT40 style (used on plenty of others i know, but i'm sure this is the most common application these days) however would work really really well on the chassis.
However it's not something you see used 'these days', is there any reason for this, apart from being somewhat prohibitive due to size? What are the downfalls?
double wishbone is almost certainly the easiest to work with and most adjustable, camber compensation, roll centre location, squat/dive and so forth!
However I assume that in a 2D view the radius arm setup can be viewed as double wishbone?
By the way is there a more correct name for the suspension design?