That set up is pimp. Seen a few road race cars set up like that.
I installed this type of suspension when I worked at Panoz, the esparante uses a coil over set up combined with a cobra IRS in the rear similar to this but the coilovers are mounted side to side. The bellcrank attached to the axle(rear lower control arm), as the suspension moves up and down, the energy is transfered through the bellcrank, through a pivot and to the coilover. This was a very stiff set up, I think that is why they use them for road racing. Of course with a much lighter spring rate and softer shock it could be better.
That seems like it would be stiff. I was actually thinking about this suspension today during my machine design final, lol. It seemed like it wouldn't flex too great. Looking at the pictures again though, they have the links going from the axle to the lever arm angled forward at ride height so that they straighten out as the axle moved downward. The arms also look really long which should help a lot. I still think its way cool, not sure I would ever run it though, that design triples the amount of moving parts over a typical coilover set up.
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