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  May 9, 2011 6:56 p.m. DirtyBird222 SuperDork

  My buddy just posted this on his bookface....discuss.

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  May 9, 2011 7:00 p.m. tuna55 SuperDork

  What's a Caterable?
  

  I love it and want one. Slightly more sleek on the outside than a CTSv, but the CTS likely has the edge in suspension tuning. I would kick either out of the garage. I would, indeed, kick everything else out for their sake's.

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  May 9, 2011 7:02 p.m. DirtyBird222 SuperDork

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Catera

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  May 9, 2011 7:50 p.m. Cole_Trickle New Reader

  Cool swap. I just found a 97 here for 400 obo with a blown motor...

  Hit the Pace Car!

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  May 9, 2011 8:00 p.m. dj06482 Reader

  Love it!

  '97 328is | '05 Odyssey | '06 RAV4 | '06 Dodge RAM 1500 QC

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  May 9, 2011 8:02 p.m. SilverFleet HalfDork

  I've been thinking about doing that for years. It's just a Commodore/Monaro underneath all that sheet metal anyway.

  2009 WRX (daily driver) 1987 Shelby CSX and 1979 Trans Am (money pits) AWD, FWD, and RWD in my driveway!

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  May 9, 2011 9:06 p.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

  or GTO, if you're stateside.

  spending money I don't have to buy parts I don't need to impress people I don't know

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  May 9, 2011 9:19 p.m. Javelin SuperDork

  It's actually smaller than a GTO and uses a slightly different floorpan and suspension. The swap is harder than you would think, but it is wicked awesome!

  Michael Pinto - 73 AMC Javelin 360 / GoKart / 86 944 Sport / 01 Grand Prix GT / 06 Mazda5 M5

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  May 9, 2011 9:27 p.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork

  Swap is a big pain in the ass and requires sourcing some rare and expensive parts.

  Which sucks, because i REALLY want one. More than any other Cadillac. Ever.

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  May 9, 2011 11:28 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork

  DirtyBird222 wrote: My buddy just posted this on his bookface....discuss.

  One of SWMBO's friends (she's a bit younger than me) nursed his dying Catera to our house one night. He understood that it was really an Opel Omega, but pronounced Opel as "oh-pel" rather than "o-pull".
  

  Eh, who am I to say? Maybe I've been pronoucing the word wrong for 40yrs.
  

  Eh, shove my old man nonsense. I like that swap, as long as I wouldn't have to do the work m'self..

  How can it be a midlife crisis, when I've driven sportscars my entire life?

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  May 9, 2011 11:38 p.m. MG_Bryan New Reader

  Gallery of said Catera. http://www.pbase.com/elvin315/the_catera_v&page=all I've always thought they were ugly; this one is no exception. It is cool as hell though.

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  May 10, 2011 6:29 a.m. Raze Dork

  Back when I was into Cadillacs, the first one with an LS swap was around 2004 or so but still cool given no one wants these cars

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  May 10, 2011 7:15 a.m. Strike_Zero HalfDork

  There are some swap parts for sale on various Cadillac forums to do this. Opel had some headers at were "formed" and beaten to fit the engine bay. It is said that Opel had a hard time cooling the engine and plan was scrapped jut before the debut.

  If you look at the Holden/Pontiac cars, you will notice that they are little wider than the Catera. They also have a different roof skin (note the two rubber channels on the Holden cars and none on the Opel) to accommodate the new width.

  It's not a easy swap to do without the parts, but it can done.

  Headers:

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  May 10, 2011 7:17 a.m. slefain SuperDork

  There was a beefy sounding Catera the the Pigeon Forge Spring Rod Run with 5.0L badges on it. I never got a look at it though, but there was definitely 8 cylinders worth of sound coming out of it.

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  May 10, 2011 8:07 a.m. Streetwiseguy Dork

  slefain wrote: There was a beefy sounding Catera the the Pigeon Forge Spring Rod Run with 5.0L badges on it. I never got a look at it though, but there was definitely 8 cylinders worth of sound coming out of it.

  Ford 5.0 (the original) might be a better swap choice, at least from a fitment standpoint. Cateras are tight under the hood, and the Ford is quite a bit narrower.

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  May 10, 2011 8:08 a.m. John Brown SuperDork

  slefain wrote: There was a beefy sounding Catera the the Pigeon Forge Spring Rod Run with 5.0L badges on it. I never got a look at it though, but there was definitely 8 cylinders worth of sound coming out of it.

  There is one with a Ford 5.0L I bet it is the same one. The 5.0L is narrower and could be easier to swap into that car...

  I like 5.0Ls...

  I have the feeling our government is banking on the popularity of American Cheese.

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  May 10, 2011 8:08 a.m. John Brown SuperDork

  I know we were typing that at the same time. GRMVulcan mind meld?

  I have the feeling our government is banking on the popularity of American Cheese.

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  May 10, 2011 8:15 a.m. Strike_Zero HalfDork

  Ford 302 + SC + catera = good family fun!!

  -=PJ=- "Oh FFFFFFFUUUUUUUU . . ."

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