Who here autocrosses and has an mevi? I am getting one soon and have heard a lot about torque loss and am worried because I love my torque when auto Xing. I think it really gives me an edge over some other cars and am worried the MEVI might actually hurt my auto Xing times. Your input is greatly appreciated.

BTW, does anyone know the 2000 maxima in the scca las vegas region that won the STS class last year?

 

I can't vouch for actual on-course performance as installing this would bump one out of STS. I think it would help though. I often run 5000rpm+ and many times bounce off the revlimiter in 2nd. Rather than spend time shifting to 3rd and back down it's better to keep it in gear and bounce a bit. Having a JWT ECU and MEVI would definately help top end there.

As for lack of torque I think the VQ already has plenty to make up for that overall.

Just checked the Vegas website. Looks like that's Patrick Michael running a ton of events. Hey, isn't he the one who gave us that great in car video

 

As BEJAY1 said you spend a lot of time at high rpms, where the VI makes a big difference. If you have enough mods to bump you to DSP, you may as well have a VI. That's one of the reasons I got it; for autocross/track occasions (since I was alread DSP) in addition to highway power.
-hype

 

- Yeah, since when are you idling along when racing? I never let myself drop below 3500rpms, the engine just doesn't have any power down there... That's what shifting is for!

- Also, I would actually argue that the VQ is virtually torque-less below 2500-3000rpm. Its a total dog at low rpms. The engine feels like it is begging for higher revs - its just being held back by a crappy intake manifold, street cams, and an overly-rich high-rpm fuel mapping. If I won the lotto, I would so make a bad-*** n/a VQ.