do i need charcoal canister?

[splintercell]

thinking about removing it.only saw 1 post in the search.any new input.anything else i can rid of besides the aiv.

[sil80S13]

yes u can remove it, but you will need it for smog.. seriously it wont make any hp gains... it helps u more.. it recirculates fuel fumes back into the fuel tank. keep it.. it helps on ur mpg. only think that sucks about it is that it gets in the way of everything. too big

[splintercell]

we dont have smog where il ive in va.i was going to remove it just to free up space.i definetly dont want to sacrifice gas mileage.thanks