Time (almost) for new tires. What to get for street/track dual purpose?

[thstone]

The Kumho Ectsa XS, Hankook R-S3, and Nitto NT-05 are my favorite street/track tires. Great grip and affordable.

+1 for everything Lap1doug wrote.

Max out the alignment for performance/track. While that might sound extreme, the stock suspension has such a limited range of adjustment (around -1deg camber) that there is almost no benefit or reason to consider swapping the alignment back and forth.

As a novice, you are not likely to wear tires faster by "driving wrong" because you're also driving relatively slowly. The more skilled you get, the faster you'll drive and the faster you drive, the quicker you wear the tires.

Keep driving and getting better/faster and eventually you will find that you are a better driver than the stock suspension with street tires (the car is holding you back). At this point, you'll have to consider tires with more grip (r-compounds) or a suspension upgrade. But don't worry about that until you get there.

[jsceash]

My experience is
The Continental Sport Contact tires are OK road tire Personally a would not buy another set. Slowest AX times My car has a horrible push with them almost a 4 wheel drift. They were scary in the only DE I used them at.

HTR ZIII are about 1 step up but I still have a slight front push. better AX times. I used them at 1 DE in the wet a Cayman with PS2 lapped me in about 10 lap

Pilot Sport PS2 was the best track/road tire I drove but cost is high. Good AX time improvement. They felt safe in the wet at the AX. I notice a little looseness and some push after 5-6 laps running a DE event.

Hankook RS3 had better dry performance than the Pilot Sport 2 They are loud but be careful in the rain. Fastest AX time in a street rated DOT tire that doesn't cause a time penalty. They did not loose grip after 6 -7 laps in DE events

[Topless]

+1 for Hankook RS-3s. I continue to be impressed by this tire.

Did not care for the NT-05s. I usually run NT-01s for track days and really like those tires. I wanted to like the NT-05s but never did. Grip was fair and they melted off my rims very quickly.