This is almost comical. A few years ago, I put the Calmini Header, and hi-flow cat-back exhaust system on my 95 4-door Kick, and was very pleased with the performance increase.
When I got my 95 2-door kick, the Calmini header was the first mod I put on it, and was glad for the performance gain. Well, I finally got around to installing the Calmini cat-back exhaust on it this weekend. Hey, I wasn't really expecting any gains, because I already had the header. Surprise! I got a definite increase in power over the factory "soda straw, and coffee can" exhaust.
Of course, once I removed the factory exhaust, I just couldn't help "firing her up" without the muffler installed. Holy cow, the Catalytic Converter gives me all the "muffling" I really need! I wonder if anybody is running a "cat only" exhaust?