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Originally Posted by nyfries

Thanks I guess I shouldn't even think about wider and sticker till next season? I'm gonna try to go to as many event as possible and sign up for at least one course. How much would you say having sticker tire would improve my time difference with other frs driver? 2 sec just for having stickier tire given that my skill level is the same? Just want to know as comparison with other ppl next time.

I promise my baby to give her one big mod a year lol. I guess non suspension mods wouldn't affect my learning pace? Say like some lightweight catback?

The way I'm approaching things (I'm intermediate at the track and kind of middle of the field in autocross) is to try some different tires each time I wear out a set. If you do alot of track or autocross days you will find yourself chewing through tires quite quickly (how fast depends a lot upon how you drive though).

In terms of the time difference tires will make, that really depends upon what kinds of mistakes you are making. Stickier tires are able to cover some mistakes more than others. If you are plowing into understeer going through corners then tires can give you a good boost (but without addressing the underlying issue). If you are over braking and getting out of the power band then tires won't do anything to help that. Of course there are lots of other kinds of mistakes but I think you get my point; without riding along with you we don't even know what kinds of mistakes you are making, let alone how much time you can get from the different rubber covering some of those mistakes.