here is the ford techy bumf on the mondeo mtx75 and 4x4 transmission, it says the box can take 280nm of torque
http://fordwiki.co.uk/index.php/MTX7...al_Information
i know on my zetec turbo mondeo with mtx75 (front wheel drive) it was periodically killing the standard diff at around 275bhp, now its got the LSD in its been ok (touchwood)