tilde key affects game?

I've been working with different code that determines movement.

The code I have in a Movement Component in an _UpdateInput function created using the torque book barely works.

HOWEVER, when I hit the tild (`) key to bring up the console (for use with the TorqueConsole.Echo code), then hit the tilde key again, it works perfectly.

If I move it via physics, the ship barely moves if not at all, but I toggle the output screen and it works fine.

If I move the ship by increasing and decreasing the x position, it runs INCREDIBLY choppy. Then I toggle the output screen and it's perfectly fine.

Any idea as to why toggling the output screen would suddenly "jolt" my game into working correctly?

*EDIT I actually find that it only works if I use the TorqueConsole.Echo(px.ToString());
If I take out the TorqueConsole.Echo command, it doesn't work even if I toggle the ouput window???