Sound like an exhaust or what?

[SupahStah]

Hey fellas, im about to go searching for a new exhaust for my 98 EL XR6... But I dunno what I wanna get yet.

I culd always goto some exhaust joint and get em to gimmi an exhaust they have on the shelf. Or I can gather custom parts for it and get him to jus intall em.

I was thinking of somthing like:
2.5" pacemaker 4499's - hiflo cat - single muffler - 2.5" cat back - dump pipe.

Would anyone else recommend a better setup (for performance and / or sound)? - But I want it fairly loud (hence the single muffler)... And what does the 'hotdogs' do?