Do you want to see a Ford fan get mad? Pop the hood of a Ford Mustang that has an LS-based engine and watch the steam flow out of their ears. Now, when Alex Tremblay opens the hood of his 1991 Mustang he gets a confused look from Ford fans, since his car has a boosted Honda K24A2 engine resting between the fenders.
Alex didn’t begin his performance car journey in the Ford world, in fact, his first “fun” car was a stick-shift 2005 Lexus is300. The Lexus featured a stock 2JZ-GE engine, and the car had a few mods done when Alex purchased it. Alex started to add his own custom touches to the Lexus to make it his own.
Eventually, he made his way to the drag strip with his Lexus to hang out with some friends, and that’s when the racing bug first bit him.
“The Lexus did pretty bad at the track since it didn’t really have a lot of power. Things started to get serious when I decided to add a turbo kit to the stock GE engine. I finally decided to ditch the GE engine as I wanted more power, so we did a 2JC-GTE VVTI swap with a big turbo and other supporting mods. Since I had a car with more power, I went drag racing even more. Obviously, I always wanted to go faster so I kept working on the car,” Alex says.
In 2021 Alex made a career change and went to work for KMP Speed Shop. The eye candy and impressive builds at the shop made an impact on him. The Honda K24-powered Lexus IS300 that belongs to Karl Metivier, KMP Speed Shop’s owner really got Alex’s attention thanks to how much power it made. Alex wanted a race car of his own, but since the shop was so busy, he needed to find a car that was nearly complete. That’s where the Mustang enters the picture.
“I found the Mustang for sale locally as a turnkey race car with a 408 cubic-inch Ford engine and Powerglide for a drivetrain. I went to see the car in person and I was extremely surprised at how clean and perfect the car was. It could almost have been listed as a collector’s car. It was a bit…
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