You'll need to cap the fuel tank vent and get a vented fuel cap from an earlier
car. I'm not sure of the carb vent, someone else will have to chime in on that.
That being said, according to all my reading the evaporative emmissions control
(of which the charcoal canister is a part) does not rob any power from the
engine. Basically what it does is collect fuel vapor when the car is off in the
canister. When the car is started, that vapor is sucked into the engine and
burned. You could leave it all in place and have no power loss.
I believe the big power robber is the air pump. Since it's belt driven, it
takes some power from the engine to turn it. Plus, it's pumping air into the
exhaust stream, which may incerease exhaust backpressure. (I'm not 100% sure on
this, but it sounds logical.) But I will assume you've removed this already.
HTH
-=Chris
Chris King - cbking@alum.rpi.edu
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kvcbk/
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From Bill Bryant <bryant at sonic.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 08:47:56 -0800
>In the process of a full detox on my '73 spridget and I keep wondering about
>the charcoal cannister.
>
>Can I just get rid of it?
>
>What to do with the carb vent pipe?
>
>Is the vented cap on my new alloy valve cover enuf or do I need some more
>venting?
>
>thanks
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