I have this set-up on my car. The challenge is you will need to eliminate the EGR and secondary air system. You will need the tune adjusted to turn off those systems to avoid engine lights. I also have no cats but i forgot if I had to reinstall the second O2 sensor. I still pass emmisions but had to have my tune adjusted. I will also check , but I think Illinois allows our year to have 1 system off and 2 not ready. The other challenge I had was getting all the system checks to run.
If i did it again I would install high flow cats and rear 02 sensors just to make life easier.
If you go with the Kooks you can keep all the emmisions systems in-tact.