General Motors Fundamentals Series

Comments and Input for Second Edition

Current GM ASEP Instructors can send comments, requests, and suggestions for improvements for a 2nd Edition of these textbooks.

I already have many ideas for the 2nd Edition and some of them are listed below..

I know many of you have ideas and suggestions for the 2nd Edition. Please send those ideas by e-mail to:

jrehkopf(at)jeffreyrehkopf.com. (Use the @ symbol instead of (at))

Christopher_Reed(at)prenhall.com

Please include one of the following codes (depending on which book you are referring to) in the subject line so my e-mail can sort the ideas into the proper folder. Example: If I have an idea for the Engines book I would put in the subject "AE idea for book"

Title Code Author/Editor

Automotive Engines                                         AE                          Rehkopf
Automotive Brake Systems                             ABS                       Rehkopf
Automotive Heating and Air Condioning         AHAC                      Rehkopf
Manual Drive Train and Axle                           MDA                        Rehkopf
Automatic Transmission and Transaxle          ATT                          Rehkopf
Steering, Suspension, and Alignment             SSA                         Halderman
Automotive Electrical and Electronics             AEE                         Halderman
Automotive Engine Performance                    AEP                         Halderman

Ideas and planned changes

Automatic Transmission and Transaxle

Change title to Automatic Transmissions
Reduce references to hydraulic and mechanical transmission controls, better coverage of electronics.
Add information about hybrid vehicle transmission operations
Add information (chapter) on two mode transmission
More information on 5 and 6 speed automatics transmissions

Automotive Engines

Do we want more or less coverage of rebuilding/machine shop procedures?
Increased coverage of variable valve timing
More information on displacement on demand (DOD)