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On my Cobra we put Bassani high flow cats with a X-pipe and a Borla cat back (no headers). Sounds and works great. These engines really seem to like the X-pipe.
		
		
	 
X = more hp
H = more tq
I tried both on my 2v.  The sound of the X is more like a european V8 and pulls harder up top.  The sound of an H is more like a 70's muscle car and pulls harder down low.  Both times I had no cats.  I've also tried the X with cats.  
Jamie regardless of what you tell me, I bet you any money your car with no cats would run FLAWLESSLY and would be much faster.  My problem is the hollowed cats cause a turbulent flow.  The guy that did them was supposed to put straight pipes on...he comes back and tells me he gutted the cats.  I was SO pissed because I knew that wasn't going to be good for flow.  My loss.  
You already have a good setup with a deleted emissions system, deleting the cats would be beneficial for you.