MystiCali,
Do you have any pics of this mod? I put a straight pipe in place of my resonator as has been recommended by so many people on here, and it was louder, but I couldn't get over the raspy sound that it had...very annoying and almost embarrissing. I even had someone ask me what was wrong with my car. Needless to say, I "undid" the modification, and put the resonator back in, but if you can get more information on this mod, maybe a how-to, I would be interested.