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So now that you have purchased your garage materials, you must construct a solid foundation for it to sit on.

Although building a foundation is not too difficult, it's important that you follow each step outlined below precisely, since the foundation repair cost could be high years down the road if you do not follow the proper procedures.

Step To Pouring A Garage Foundation

1 - The first step is to mark the area which you intend to use for your garage package. The easiest way to do this is to draw a chalk line around the perimeter of where the foundation will be.

2 - Next, it's time to dig your footings. Follow your plans, and dig holes that are 12 inches wide and about 18 inches deep. Be sure to dig an extra couple of inches of slab area to allow for the sand/vapor barrier.

*be sure to contact municipal services before digging to ensure that you do not puncture gas,electric or cable lines.

3 - Place your 2 X 10 form boards in position for pouring concrete. The outside of the forms should be about 6 inches higher than the finished height of your concrete slab that stretches around the perimeter of your garage package.

4 - Take a second 2 X 6 form board and lay it half a foot from the inner part of the outside form board. You will need longer stakes in order to hold this in position. Position the forms around the entire foundation on three sides, with 24 inches on either side of the garage door opening.

5 - Now it's time for the rebar, which will help strengthen the concrete. The rebar should be 1/2 an inch, and must run horizontally along the bottom of all footings. Remember to keep the rebar at least 2-3 inches away from the ground, both on the bottom and the sides.

6 - Place the foundation bolts in to place. These are important, since they hold down the sill plates later on. At this point it is important that you spray an oil or specially made substance on the form boards. This will prevent the concrete from sticking, and make it much easier to remove the form boards after the concrete foundation has hardened.

7 - Now, pour 2 inches of sand into the slab area. Place vapor barrier in the middle to prevent too much moisture from coming up through the concrete.

8 - Lightly wet the sand, and rake it so that it is smooth. Once it is smooth and level you can lay out your 1/2 inch rebar grid. Make sure that it is 16 inches on center.

9 - Pour the concrete into the footings, being sure that it comes all the way up to the stem walls. After about two hours you can remove the inner form boards and complete the job by pouring the slab for your garage package.

And that should cover the procedures that you need to follow. One important thing to note is that you should make sure that you obtain a building permit before you begin, and verify that your project meets all of the requirements of the local building code.

Adam Davies loves to perform home improvement projects. He is the owner of the website Garage Packages, and likes to help share information with others about how to construct buildings, houses and garages. He also recently started a website called Foundation Repair Cost, another very helpful resource for the do-it-yourselfer or anyone interested in home improvements.

Corvette Gets 7-liter Engine

You might think that 6 liters was enough to make the Corvette two-seater fast enough, but not for the competition department lurking inside GM. They wanted to be able to compete head-to-head with the European supercars in the international endurance races for sports cars.

To do so, they took a leaf out of Ford's book. In the 1960s, when Ford found it could not compete with the smaller Ferraris at Le Mans with the 4.2 (ex-Indy) or 4.7 liter engines, they brought out their 7-liter mill. And it was so much bigger than the competition that they won. So the guys behind the Corvette decided to produce a 7-liter version of America's favorite and most famous sports car.

By the way, the 7 liter Corvette more than competes with the Dodge Viper SRT-10, which could give the standard Corvette a bit of a run for its money. Of course, this is not just any old engine. This is a very special version of its GEN IV 7.0 liter V-8.

This 2006 Corvette is challenging for muscle car of the year with no less than 500 bhp on tap at 6,200 rpm. Maximum torque from this mammoth engine is 475 lb ft at 4,800 rpm. This is bound to be a stunner with a top speed of about 185 mph and 0-60 in under 4.0 seconds. GM expects the quarter-mile be under 12 seconds.

To give durability, the engine has been beefed up in a number of ways. First, the connecting rods and inlet valves are now made of titanium - these weigh about half as much as steel ones and are used in quite a number of high-performance engines. Because of the low weight, the titanium parts put less load on other critical parts of the engine – the crankshaft, bearings and in this case the valve gear as well. The titanium valves also allow the engine to rev faster safely.

In fact, titanium used to be an aerospace-only material because it was so expensive, but it is now bein gused more in exotic cars and the heads of golf clubs, helping the lesser pros feel not so outclassed by Tiger Woods as they might with ordinary drivers.

You will see that the Corvette 7 liter is intended for the race track by the fact that the engine has a dry sump lube system. A dry sump system prevents the oil in the oil pan from slopping away from the pick-up on fast cornering - the sort you can do only on a track - and thus damaging the main bearings.

Instead of staying in the oil pan, the oil is pumped out to a tank, and then pressure fed from there directly to the engine bearings and other critical areas. Definitely a system for top supercars.

The underpinnings of the car have also been beefed up with a new aluminum perimeter frame which reduces weight. Further weight reduction comes with a new magnesium engine sub-frame. To ensure the car is stiff enough, it will be available only as a hardtop. The front fenders and wheelarches are now carbon fiber composite panels, which also reduce weight.

But there's more...

To get all that power onto the road, and to get it to stop, bigger wheels, tires and brakes have been fitted. The front brake discs are now 13.9 inch diameter, and 19×12 inch wide rims are used at the back; front wheels are 18×9.5 inches. Such massive rear tires for a car with 50:50 weight distribution suggest that the car will have a tendency to oversteer - smoky drifts could be the order of the day!

All-in-all, this is a really special car, developed to compete with the best.

About the Author

John Hartley is editor of http://www.fast-autos.com, an online magazine devoted to fast cars and supercars. He has written from many of the world’s top auto magazines, and has written many books about cars and the auto industry.

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