if I was you I would leave it becuase I see no real reason to take it out plus trust me when I say your car will be MUCH louder once you take the cat off plus it will put out a nice smell =) heh
I found that my smaller D15 was really loud with just a cat back exhuast I guess the smaller the engine the louder it is now my car is very deep throtty to the point of big Chevy and Ford guys really liking the sound
I guess the F1 car sound helps out too =) hehe
as far as cops getting on you in maryland some countys they can pull you over for a loud car I can't remember what they went by but it was if you can hear it from so and so many feet away but for the most part no cop will every pull you over unless your running stright pipes out the side of your car =)
do keep in mind that if you get pulled over and a cop is new and has his head way up his butt and wants to check for a cat if he finds nothing there he can make you get out and leave the car there and have it towed away to get it fixed on top of maryland the top fine is $5000
for not running a cat
for the most part the only time you will ever run into any cop or any one looking for a cat is at the smag station so I would not worry to much about it but it is another reason to leave the resonator becuase you can put a head shield over it and say its a cat =) "most people are dumb enough to fall for it"
also if your redoing your exhuast atlest do 2.1/4" if not 2.5" later on you will thank yourself
I kinda wish I went with 3" knowing me in a year or two I will change it over to 3"
check out
http://www.angelfire.com/ky/jeffiesp...da/honda2.html
also if you change the honda2 to honda.html theres more pictures of the engine