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good point ... that's why the TC used to kick in when you take of with the steering fully one side... cos it's below 10mph then and the system is still under self check

MY concern with different tyres is the brakeing action not the TC cos the TC is disabled for individual wheel controll above 31.3mph

the ABS action is exptremely complex and it has a special control algorithm named MIC = Modified individual control, for all the vehicles where WABCO system is used the threshold and refference values are calibrated for that specific vehicle based on the builder's data...these figures were not made public by WABCO in any document(and i've seen many)... they explain the operation mode with graphs and if you have engineering knowledge seeing those schemes you can presume that the limits are quite tight...from my tests and readings i can estimate that a signal difference up to 5-10% decreasing with speed is accepted by the system as to not throw sensor signal fault codes... otherwise while braking every input is taken into account by the system that's why you'll not find two D2s to stop EXACTLY on the same distance on the same surface unless ALL the elements are EXACTLY similar(weight, wheel size/profile/pressure/wear, pressure applied on the pedal/in the system...and so on and on)...in the figure attached(from official WABCO document) the difference between -b and +b in the middle scheme is 10%(for D2 based on some of my calculations cos for other cars it might be different), i can't attach the whole file here cos it's too large
I will be replacing my front tyres like for like due to one of them getting cut. There will be a small difference in circumference due to wear. Presumably the system can deal with this.
 
I will be replacing my front tyres like for like due to one of them getting cut. There will be a small difference in circumference due to wear. Presumably the system can deal with this.
On another subject, I replaced a rear caliper due to it dragging a bit even though the original was under a year old and itself was replaced due to binding. The brakes always seemed a bit spongy so I used the Blackbox software to fire up the ABS pump while I bled the caliper with a vacuum system. I had first bled the caliper with the vacuum system but did not push the brake pedal to take up the slack, working on the principle that removing the smallest pocket of air seemed sensible. It worked fine on the other side when that caliper had to be replaced due to poor braking. However, since firing up the ABS, I now have a fairly long pedal. It stops fine but the pedal gets very close to the floor on maximum push. Give it a pump and it is fine, suggesting air in the system but where could it have come from?
 
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