^ and that's the thing. You can make power on a 3" exhaust.
However as many have seen before, a simply upgrade to 3.5" or 4" gives them better power overall, more timing, same boost.
Not unknown for a car to take an extra 2-4 degree's of timing, make 10-20rwkw more and not have an increase in boost what so ever just from exhaust changes like that.
On E85 / -5s / built motor = over 400rwkw
But as i said about the OP's exhaust, the CAT is 100% a problem. No doubt about it. 4" CAT as a min.
Just have a look down one, it can't possibly not pose a restriction hence a nice big mofo is needed, bigger than the exhaust itself.