Ron,
Point taken. I'm just trying to get *some* kind of sound out of it.
Having said that... one of the most pleasant sounding Fiero systems I've ever heard (at least to my ear) was a cammed 3.4, through an Ocelot exhaust, with no cat. Similar to the Formula fastback at Charlie's. (I don't know if that one has a cat or not.)
If mine sounds like azz without the cat, I can always add it back. I also have a "Rodney" cat, in storage. Might be preferable to the ancient stocker.