Leeky

I'm not anti-coilover but the cheap ones are awful.
My H&R lowering springs and Bilstein B8 dampers are a great match.

Toyota will put their OE oil which will be a fully synthetic 0W-20. You are fine with it for the 3K Road miles and track day. Just buy an OBD2 dongle and use the torque Pro app to monitor oil temps. If it goes above 120C, go for a cooling lap and back to the pits.
If you want a different brand use Millers EE Nanodrive but keep the same viscosity unless you go FI.

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0W-20 is ok for daily use, especially if there are short drives and winter driving involved.
For summer only and heavier track abuse 5W-30 also can be considered, which may retain oil pressure at high rpms better imho.
It's mentioned in manual/handbook, that "If SAE 0W-20 oil is not available, SAE 5W-30 oil may be used. However, it should be replaced with SAE 0W-20 at the next oil change". But as to what type of driving what suits better, imho as per above. Then again you worded as "occasional" .. imho then just don't bother with choice and go with 0W-20. I'd care more about brake pad choice and suspension alignment, then engine oil type.

Borg and Beck discs are very good and very cheap on ebay. OEM spec for a quarter of the price.
£46 for a pair of 294mm Front discs (BBD4119)
£42 for a pair of 290mm Rear discs (BBD5412)
Their brake pads aren’t too bad from what i’ve heard. But haven’t tried the pads myself. I had great results on track running the Cosworth pads on Borg and Beck discs before going big brake upgrade.

My paper analysis says that he 2.4 has same stroke , just more bore , so should be the same width and fit. Lets validate it after launch.

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Wow! So you have one bolted onto your car and one boxed kit stored up. That's a very clever thing to do and should be worth your investment.
If the kit will fit the new 2.4L engine, then it's likely to be even more precious/ cover a wider audience


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Provisionally Sold.

I’ve always used the Cosworth Streetmaster pads. They have plenty of bite from cold and are hard to overheat on track.

Manual owners will say manual and auto owners will say auto.
Reliability wise the auto is a stronger box than the manual. But on track days they do get hot and its heat that kills autos so i monitor temps of my auto on track days.
The manuals clutches aren’t much good once you got turbo/SC and need upgrading, but if you are staying stock then this isn’t a problem.
Personally i bought my 86 as a pure track day car. I drove both manual and auto and chose auto as it just felt much quicker once moving (except 0-60 where the auto86 just cant build enough revs to get off the line quick enough) a bit more special/exotic/sportier and nicer/easier to drive going from home to the track.
 
I’m not fishing to bait people with this comment but on track I find that I’m always faster than the manual 86’s simply because I'm not backing off the throttle to change gear.
If you want the pleasure of old school manual gear changes then go manual. If you want to be on power without lifting off and flying through the gears super fast like you are on Gran Turismo then go auto.
They are both super reliable boxes. It all comes down to which type of driving experience you want.

Presumably the relative performance on track of the two gearboxes is of limited interest to the 'not looking to track day it' O.P.
EDIT - on the other hand maybe it is, as just realised he also said he was interested in thoughts on the Auto's dynamic performance 🤔
Personally if I run two vehicles, then 'as a rule' the more different the two vehicles are the more fun it is swapping between them. So, if I should happen to be running an Automatic SUV as a daily (unlikely as I hate SUVs and I've never owned an Automatic) then all the more reason for my weekend/ evening sports car to be manual.
But I am biased against Autos......
Only reason I can see to get an Auto GT86 for road use is if you are going to daily it in stop start traffic.
Love the manual gearchange on my 86 which is certainly beautifully positive and short of throw compared to other manuals I have used in the past, would agree that the clutch action is not the best in slow traffic, but for an evening / weekend car surely less of an issue.

It's more likely down to your driving. I seem to go past turbo'd GT86's easily enough on track, but there's no way I'm faster than them in a straight line. Bold statement but I don't think I've had another GT86 overtake me on track ever, though I fully expect there'll be someone along to tell me they have. 😂

Have to admit that I'm not feeling the love for either model and will quite happily be sticking to my 2014 version. Whilst the 2.4 ltr engine is a nice subtle upgrade the rest of the car as far as looks, styling and interior just dont do it for me. 

I'm pretty sure I got my coilovers from them.
No problems.

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Love that the company came back with the receipts showing the customer behaviour to to be that of an impatient asshole! I will buy from you if looking in the future!

My order from Torqen came today  Very happy!

I ordered something from them Thursday. Had an email confirming the order but nothing since. No ETA etc. Sent them a WhatsApp message and just awaiting a response now.

Im using a SuperBatt 072 80ah 650cca
You can find them on ebay for £65 and they are pretty much the most powerful battery you can find that fits in the standard 86 battery tray.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SB-072-031-069-Heavy-Duty-Car-Van-SUV-Battery-TOYOTA-LANDROVER-MITSUBISHI-/193262633319?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

100% Vented. I cant say I’ve ever seen an 86 with solid rear discs. Maybe they are from the Primo models that came with smaller brakes?

Something a bit different
Kahn RSV (Aston Martin design) 19x7.5.  5x100, ET45 in silver. kahn centre caps and metal spigot rings to fit 56.1 centre bore included
Purchased new by myself, these have had less than 500 miles road use. Three unmarked and one with small marks on the spokes (done whilst photographing them 😭)
Tyres in photo are 225x40x19 and these will be removed
Taking up valuable garage space so need these gone
£350
Collection only or arrange your own carrier
 

Not in my ownership and I can't imagine the PO would have, just to put it back on again for sale. Can't really see what advantage there would be to running with it off, it's not like it weighs much.

It's not just cheap 95RON fuel. I've had the crickety fuel pump forever, and the car has been run on V-Power or Momemtum-99 almost exclusively - neither of which are cheap, nor 95RON. 
The only time it ever disappeared was when using Esso-97, which apparently how no ethanol. Now that Esso do a 99RON fuel to rival V-Power/Tesco Momentum, and my nearest fuel station is Esso, I've switched to using that. Since then, no crickets. 

I’m one of those people that has zero interest in electric or hybrids. But I can see the appeal/benefits of one. If anything my future car purchase plans involve adding more petrol cars with at least 8 cylinders to my collection lol
Also financially there are zero benefits for me to make the switch as I don't have to commute to work. My cars are all for recreational use only.
If all petrol stations disappear i’ll be happy buying barrels of E85 online. The more people that go electric the more petrol left for me  lol

I’m one of those people that has zero interest in electric or hybrids. But I can see the appeal/benefits of one. If anything my future car purchase plans involve adding more petrol cars with at least 8 cylinders to my collection lol
Also financially there are zero benefits for me to make the switch as I don't have to commute to work. My cars are all for recreational use only.
If all petrol stations disappear i’ll be happy buying barrels of E85 online. The more people that go electric the more petrol left for me  lol

I’m one of those people that has zero interest in electric or hybrids. But I can see the appeal/benefits of one. If anything my future car purchase plans involve adding more petrol cars with at least 8 cylinders to my collection lol
Also financially there are zero benefits for me to make the switch as I don't have to commute to work. My cars are all for recreational use only.
If all petrol stations disappear i’ll be happy buying barrels of E85 online. The more people that go electric the more petrol left for me  lol

I’ll still have my 86 in 30 years from now. They can put up the road tax and fuel prices as high as they want, i’ll just pay it and carry on. Worth every penny.