tttlesabre

I have been looking on the web and found alot of people are interested in doing a V8 engine swap into a Catera. I have contacted lingenfelter and they said yhey are looking into making a kit. I think we need more interested people to send them an email also. The catera is 2 inches narrower between frame rails. Not built on holden platform. Thanks Doug

This is the reply I got from Lingenfelter.......

We do not have anything to do this swap right now but may in the future. If we did it would be for an LS1 engine.

Thanks,

Tim Dyer
email him tdwyer@lingenfelter.com
Sales Manager
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, Inc.
260 724 2552 x 1001
http://www.lingenfelter.com
ICQ# 223991829

ls1_doc

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Like a cadillac catera ? Or am i just missing something ?

qwikz28

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yeah appearantly the aussies have a ls1 cateraish car so people have been posting up about swaps

jtmiller92

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Should be doable. I was told the Catera used the holden platforn so should be easy to put an Ls1 into it. I friend if mine from the military had a Catera, we had talked a few times about swapping a V8 into it.

PBB

Awesome! Great LSx swap candidate, RWD, cheap to buy and insure and a real sleeper with performance potential on par with the CTS-V.

jeromio

The search button called, it wants you to click on it....

AceHaag

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I think that catera is what the "C" means in CTS-V.

yomama

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anyone driving a GTO has already done this swap

Ryan

Gen3Benz

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pretty close, but you can pick up a catera real cheap
especially one with a blown timing belt with cracked valve guides, out of warranty.

Catera's have steering boxes, might not be too easy to run the exhaust

CMcCarthy

The aussie car (which I believe is the Holden Commodore) is on the GTO chassis, and shares pretty much nothing in common with the Opel Omega based catera. Just because the exterior looks vaguely similar doesn't mean they are related.

Here is the Commodore.....



Here's the Opel/Vauxhall Omega (and first gen Catera)...



The previous generation Commodore was basically derived from the Omega, but it wasn't available with the LSx. The current generation is available with the LSx, but is shares pretty much nothing but the doors and glass in common with the previous generation.

Now, all that being said, there have been V8 swapped Cateras before, so I guess anything's possible if your fabrication skills are sufficient.

PBB

Apparently Lingenfelter build an LS1 powered Catera a few years ago.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversions-swaps/114353-ls1-cadillac-catera-conversion.html

Sounds like the steering and headers (like most LSx swaps ) were the only issues.

1bdbrd

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i would like to see some info because that would be a cool project for a daily driver...

jannes_z-28

The Cadillac Catera i.e. Opel Omega B was built on the GM V-platform, the same was used for Holden Commodore VT that was built from 1997 to 2000. The Commodore VT could be equipped with the LS1 engine.

Also built on the V-platform was Holden Monaro i.e Pontiac GTO.

The current Monaro is built on the Zeta-platform as the new Camaro will be.

Wikipedia GM V platform RWD:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_V_platform_%28RWD%29

Holden Commodore User site:
http://www.users.on.net/~nweber/commodore/vt/index.html

I have and have had a few Opel Omegas Caravan (Stationwagon) they was sold in very limited series with LS1's. Very temted to do a conversion on one of those.


Jan