removing charcoal canister?
 

all the smog stuff (cats, smog pump etc) has been removed from my car. would it be ok for me to take the canister out and just plug the hole in the intake manifold?

thanks :D

Yes, this is correct, you need to come over this weekend we can fill three garbage cans with stuff you don't need.

haha sounds good. i wanna get a belt so i can bypass the p/s and a/c too, so i can take that a/c compressor off.

The a/c compressor isn't holding back as much as the P/S is, I dumped the P/S and all smog stuff including the canister. I even chunked the smog tube that connects to each head in the back, Trickflow has a set of plugs you can use in place!

reason i wanna remove the a/c compressor is for the weight, since it has an idler pulley on it. the p/s im going to leave but bypass, so i can put it back on if need be (someone else using my car, etc).

thanks for the info :D

Canister
 

What does the electrical connection right before the canister do? I would assume it is a valve that is opened at a certain time using the connector. What do you do with this when the canister is removed. I don't have smog on mine either, but the canister is still being used.

I think that is a soliniod to open that air to the canister. I removed it all the way back to the next plug in. When all this is done you can reroute all your wirering behind the fenders, it really cleans the engine compartment.

All my wires are hidden already...

It looks great! Well worth the work. Drivers side was a little challenging. I did that side along with a battery relocation and it made for a fun day.:D