How does cid make power?

...... if cylinder head flow and camshaft is compatible. (and boost and rpm are a perfectly adequate replacement! )Displacement ain't dick without a cam and cylinder heads to go with it.
Check out mid war years airplane engines. Land speed record holder- two 22 1/2 liter engines, that's almost 2800cu inches, 900hp total.
Or the Liberty aircraft engine. 1650 cubes, 400hp.
Land speed record holder with THREE of them ran only 207, and managed to kill the replacement driver.
How Bout the Rolls Royce Merlin?