Toyota's FE engines Options

[pure_dx]

I want everyone's opinions on this one, I know there are a lot of boosted 5sfe and 7afe around here, and also non-boosted ones. But, seriously, is it just me or is the fe pretty much useless at top end. Well, I went to the local track and raced against an integra gs-r with i/h/e, i have the 7afe also with i/h/e, i beat him up to 3/4 of the way there, and the last quarter, he caught up to me, i guess his vtak kicked in y0. (Don't worry, his engine is not healthy at all and he couldn't hook.) But, pretty much, his top end just raped me. This got me thinking, not only this race, but a lot of races that i've done, my 7a pretty much craps out around 5-6k rpms after 1st gear. Is this just me or is anyone else experiencing this? 5sfe, 3sfe, 7afe, whatever ya got, discuss!

[OOBE]

Well, I'm not familiar with 5S-FEs but with the 7A-FEs, Toyota designed it to have peak torque down low at 2800RPM. You know the saying, "Torque gets you there, and horsepower keeps you there". Well, peaking the torque that low doesn't seem like taking you too far when you don't have much horsepower, huh? My car is a dog on the top end, but from the hole or a roll, it pulls hard.