Just noticed the years of cars in your sig.
This is just my opinion, based on my own personal experience with my 2002. On an '01 up, I would definitely run a cat. I didn't for a few years and no problems, but then suddenly developed the symptoms you will find in the following link. Poor mileage, surging idle, etc.. I installed a cat, turned the rear o2 back on and all the issues vanished.
http://www.grandprixforums.net/f65/r...ewer-7092.html