Catera-V

[Catera V]

Hi, I have not posted in awhile. I have been busy building a kit car. See attached for some 09 catera V pictures.

[fuzzkill]

Looks nice! What do you have done to it?

[MyOpel]

Welcome back! I’m in the process of building my own Catera V http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...cant-wait.html (Can't wait!!!)
What Kit car are you building? Any pictures of the progress?

[elvin315]

Originally Posted by fuzzkill

Looks nice! What do you have done to it?

That's Fred Wood's legendary Catera V by Lingenfelter with a 427 ci Chevy V8, 6 speed Tremec Manual Trans, huge brakes all around, beefed up suspension and Irmscher wheels. Search the archives for more. In the meantime here are some pictures of it I've stolen.

http://www.pbase.com/elvin315/the_catera_v&page=all

[Catera V]

Originally Posted by MyOpel

Welcome back! I’m in the process of building my own Catera V http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...cant-wait.html (Can't wait!!!)
What Kit car are you building? Any pictures of the progress?

Hi, I looked thru your thread, you are making good progress. It is a complicated build. Send me your email and I can send along some other build detail shots. Elvin has quite a few on his site. As you know I did not build mine. It was built for a friend of mine, but I followed the build and helped Lingenfelter get some info from Opel while I was at GM. The kit you have was what GM got from Opel when they were considering a V8 Catera. Lingenfelter purchased the kits because he planed to build more cars. He moved on to the CTS builds because they were easier. I think my car is the only one they built. John passed away shortly after my car was completed. It was initially built with an LS-6. Later redone with the C5R-427.-Attached are a few more pictures including the kit car. Fred

[Warez]

Did you ever dyno your car? Are you running the LS6 243 heads?

[R-Caddy]

Ha ha, good ole Chevy small block in the kit car...

[Catera V]

Originally Posted by Warez

Did you ever dyno your car? Are you running the LS6 243 heads?

Dyno run at Lingenfelter-460hp at the rear wheels. LS6 heads ported by Lingenfelter-LS-6 intake.

[CateraMV6]

So I have been following this car from the very begining, and I remember seeing those first pictures when it still had the nylon wrappers on the seats and MR. L taking it for a run... and I have been wondering what the cost is so far,...

Brand new Catera... ~38K +/- GM Discounts... then the motor... all the other parts... has it hit 50K yet?

[Catera V]

Originally Posted by CateraMV6

So I have been following this car from the very begining, and I remember seeing those first pictures when it still had the nylon wrappers on the seats and MR. L taking it for a run... and I have been wondering what the cost is so far,...

Brand new Catera... ~38K +/- GM Discounts... then the motor... all the other parts... has it hit 50K yet?

You don't really want to know. Engine is 25 K The car was at Lingenfelters 16 months. lol-fred

[CateraMV6]

I think that we can all agree that Catera-Vs car is the god of all cateras... I mean just look at the picture below if you don't believe me...


Well here are both of our cars together...


Fred thank you for providing me with the opportunity to see your car in person, I was amazed and I think I still am dazzled over its beauty...

I guess if you have one of those annoying neck pains you can either go to physical therapy or....

... you can get one of these and you can exercise those neck muscles with your right foot, just be careful because if your neck is not strong enough the G forces from the acceleration will cause even more pain...

I think that just about explains what kind of a monster that car is... ohh and did I mention that you can do that while in the comfort of your 4 buddies with the AC on...


I got some inspirations form your car and now I need to find me some new springs and some new spacers for my front wheels... the lower offset wheels make the catera look very mean, and I like that...

Hope we can do a get together soon in one of the local parks...
Anyone interested (MI, OH, IN)?

[calicago]

Why an L S 1 Just get an buick G N 3.2 Punch the out buy 30 mm new waste gate and a new intercooler bigger meaner turbo punch block out to 40 mm new crank from G M performance less work and 504 ponies easy

[todderdodder1]

absolutely love that grille..

[Army_MP_From_MO]

Ok. I'm jealous. Looks great!

[Catera V]

Originally Posted by calicago

Why an L S 1 Just get an buick G N 3.2 Punch the out buy 30 mm new waste gate and a new intercooler bigger meaner turbo punch block out to 40 mm new crank from G M performance less work and 504 ponies easy

Not an LS1-C5R based LS-7. Turbo buick would be a good package but probably just as difficult to do.-fred