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FWIW, the maximum bhp for Can-Am was a dyno'ed 1500+ for the twin-turbo 917/30.
If power is reduced, so must be grip (both aero and mechanical) to maintain the driver effort. (That's one of the knocks on IRL racing - high downforce, low power means that most anyone can control the cars)
Also, aero must be controlled such that following cars do not experience catastrophic loss of downforce if they get in a draft (a dramatic example would be PLM 2000, the BMW V12LMR going airborne). You could say that F1's lack of overtaking has much owed to such an inability to follow closely through a corner.
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