The slipping wheel limits all the other wheels to putting down an equal amount of torque.Maybe this is a stupid question, but it's been a long time since I was in physics class: In the first scenario, if the engine is producing 500 lbs*ft and only a total of 40 lbs*ft is getting put to the ground by the wheels, where does all the extra torque go?
I don't believe the engine is producing 500 lb-ft of torque in the scenario where wheels are slipping and you have open diffs. Similar to what's going on when you rev the engine in neutral. The engine would over-rev if given enough fuel/air mixture to produce peak power when it has no load.Maybe this is a stupid question, but it's been a long time since I was in physics class: In the first scenario, if the engine is producing 500 lbs*ft and only a total of 40 lbs*ft is getting put to the ground by the wheels, where does all the extra torque go?