Limbach L2000

[Jeff]

Good evening friends. Recently got a plane with a Limbach L2000 engine. Is
this engine a Type 1 or 4 VW?

It has a single magneto and I want to add an electronic ignition. I
contacted Steve from Great Plains about machining a second set of spark plug
holes in the cylinder heads. He asked me if it was a type 1 or 4 and I did
not know the answer.

Thanks,
Jeff

[Richard Lamb]

Jeff wrote:
>
> Good evening friends. Recently got a plane with a Limbach L2000 engine. Is
> this engine a Type 1 or 4 VW?
>
> It has a single magneto and I want to add an electronic ignition. I
> contacted Steve from Great Plains about machining a second set of spark plug
> holes in the cylinder heads. He asked me if it was a type 1 or 4 and I did
> not know the answer.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff

Hi Jeff,

If the exhaust ports ar on the bottom of the cylinder, it's a Type 4.
The Type 1 exhaust ports ar on the front of the front jugs, and back
side of the back cylinders.

Richard

[Jeff]

That makes my Limbach L2000 a type 1 engine then. Thanks for the tip
Richard!!

Jeff

"Richard Lamb" > wrote in message
...
> Jeff wrote:
> >
> > Good evening friends. Recently got a plane with a Limbach L2000 engine.
Is
> > this engine a Type 1 or 4 VW?
> >
> > It has a single magneto and I want to add an electronic ignition. I
> > contacted Steve from Great Plains about machining a second set of spark
plug
> > holes in the cylinder heads. He asked me if it was a type 1 or 4 and I
did
> > not know the answer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> If the exhaust ports ar on the bottom of the cylinder, it's a Type 4.
> The Type 1 exhaust ports ar on the front of the front jugs, and back
> side of the back cylinders.
>
> Richard

[Ryan Young]

"Jeff" > wrote in message >...
> Good evening friends. Recently got a plane with a Limbach L2000 engine. Is
> this engine a Type 1 or 4 VW?
>
> It has a single magneto and I want to add an electronic ignition. I
> contacted Steve from Great Plains about machining a second set of spark plug
> holes in the cylinder heads. He asked me if it was a type 1 or 4 and I did
> not know the answer.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff

That engine is Type I based, but a lot of Limbach stuff is
Limbach-specific. I suspect that Steve's tooling will work.

http://www.limflug.de/doc/eng/produkte/L2000eoec.htm

Personally, I would not bother with the second plug or the second
ignition system. I've never seen an NTSB report for an accident
related to ignition failure on a VW. Fuel system failures, and the
ever popular Human Error, sure, but ignition failure does not seem to
be an issue.