How does cid make power?

Clearly, it doesn't. But youre trying to ignore optimizing the combination for its size.
1760 cu. in., 290 hp. Do you think an optimized cylinder head and cam won't get a little more out of it?

This thread not about which ways better to build power cid vs rpm or that you shouldn't build strokers or whats more streetable but does cid make hp?
Which to me it doesn't.