I agree the front is an open type.

I associate open diffs and solid rear axles with one-wheel burnouts, because it tends to be the same wheel every time, due to the torque and lifting forces at work and the lack of countermeasures that a posi unit provides.

I know that kind of slippage can be overcome with airbags or weight distribution. What I'd like to know is which wheel on the front of the VX is most likely to spin like in the burn-out example above. I'm theorizing that although front "wheel" lift is pretty much negated by the independent front suspension and the offset of the differential from center, the passenger(short) side "axle" would receive the "lifting" force due to pinion/ ring relationship. Agreed?

Stink- Is that what you meant when you say break? As in break loose? Or do you mean physically break parts?