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And get the water pump done whilst you're there. The cambelt has to come off to replace it.

Cost me £150 for cambelt and water pump to be replaced.

Planning on doing a flush/oil change over the easter weekend on my 6n to hopefully quieten thetappets down a bit!

Anybody know what the best oil is for the 6n engines? I've got the 1.4 8v.

Cheers!

Whelmed wrote:Ooo, 17 quid at the local store and 32 for the water pump. Not entirely sure if I should bother with the water pump though.

Get the water pump mate. You have to take the cambelt off to change it, so should be done at the same time. Will save hassle in the long run for a negligible cost.

Used this tyre calculator I found with google...
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Hardly any difference between my current wheels (175/65/13's) and what I was thinking of getting (195/50/15's). Says if my speedo says i'm doing 60mph, i'm actually doing 62mph. I can live with that I ...

thing is guys you will find out that you clock is not as accurate as u think
allmost all of the time the speedo say your going faster than your are
i used to go past the local speed check ting at what my speedo said was 60 spot on and with 17" wheels wil 40s on the speed check said 58 these speed ...

shaun_polo wrote:the speedo is affected by the size of the tyres compared to the standard ones google tyre calculator to work it out

Yeah just spoke to my dad about it, looks like Jackdcruz was wrong!

The speedo will be out, just a matter of how much.

Jackdcruz wrote:the speedo is taken from the gearbox mate, so it wont be out

Didn't know that! This was another one of my worries, so thanks for clearing that up.

Nice one guys! Don't knwo if/when i'll be going down the lowering route, but I do agree it looks loads better.

I've got to ask though, if 195/50's are ok, why does the official mk4 FAQ on this site say that you should really use 195/45's? It gives the impression that 50's will rub. If the FAQ's ...

Thanks for the response mate!

I guess I knew it'd be high enough looking at it, lol! But will they not be too big length ways? As in front to back?

Thanks for your help!

I've tried looking everywhere on here and club polo but not really found a definite answer.

If I get some 15" wheels with 195/50/15 tyres on, will these fit on a 6n that hasn't been lowered without rubbing?

I read in the faq that you really need 195/45's, but not many of the wheel/tyre packages ...