It is interesting to note that the Lamborghini Countach had the same type of trailing arm suspension as the GT40.
Here the early Countach (LP400)
You can see that the upright has two pick-up points that merge into a single pick-up point on the chassis. Improvements then replaced this single link with a double link to provide more stiffness around the vertical axis.
The trailing arms were then deleted with the Diablo and the Murcielago which just featured two wishbones. These wishbones were not parallel, and featured a small amount of anti-dive. Virtually all modern sports cars do that now.
Here the C5/C6 Corvette suspension. Really simple, same upright on both front and rear.
Can you see the anti-dive they design in? The wishbones are not horizontal. In the front, the upper wishbone is angled upwards, in the rear, the lower wishbone is angled upwards. This is not easily possible with trailing link type suspensions and the reason why they no longer exist. Virtually all new suspensions I have seen are somewhat close to the C5/C6 suspension.
Do you have any more information here? Would love to learn more.
Here the early Countach (LP400)
You can see that the upright has two pick-up points that merge into a single pick-up point on the chassis. Improvements then replaced this single link with a double link to provide more stiffness around the vertical axis.
The trailing arms were then deleted with the Diablo and the Murcielago which just featured two wishbones. These wishbones were not parallel, and featured a small amount of anti-dive. Virtually all modern sports cars do that now.
Here the C5/C6 Corvette suspension. Really simple, same upright on both front and rear.
Can you see the anti-dive they design in? The wishbones are not horizontal. In the front, the upper wishbone is angled upwards, in the rear, the lower wishbone is angled upwards. This is not easily possible with trailing link type suspensions and the reason why they no longer exist. Virtually all new suspensions I have seen are somewhat close to the C5/C6 suspension.
Do you have any more information here? Would love to learn more.