Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C. 20549
                       -------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                            THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                          ----------------------------

                          DELCO REMY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                -----------------------------------------------------
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                           DELAWARE             35-1909253
          -------------------------------     --------------------
             (State or other jurisdiction     (I.R.S. Employer
          of incorporation or organization)    Identification No.)

                               2902 Enterprise Drive
                              Anderson, Indiana  46013
                    ---------------------------------------
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                            DELCO REMY INTERNATIONAL
                       401(k) RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
                       ----------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                              Susan E. Goldy, Esq.
                        Vice President & General Counsel
                         Delco Remy International, Inc.
                              2902 Enterprise Drive
                            Anderson, Indiana  46013
                     --------------------------------------
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                (765) 778-6799
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                          Melissa Proffitt Reese, Esq.
                            Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan
                         One American Square, Box 82001
                        Indianapolis, Indiana 46282-0002
						
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                 <C>              <C>            <C>          <C>

                                     Proposed       Proposed
Title of                             Maximum        Maximum
Securities          Amount           Offering       Aggregate    Amount of
to be               to be            Price          Offering     Registration
Registered(1)       Registered       Per Share(2)   Price(2)     Fee(2)
------------------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  --------------
Common Stock,
without par value   300,000  Shares  $    10.09375  $ 3,028,125  $       841.82             

<FN>
(1)     In  addition,  pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this  registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
be  offered  or  sold  pursuant  to  the employee benefit plan described herein.

(2)     The  registration  fee has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
the  Securities  Act  of  1933  based  upon the average of the high and low sale
prices  for  the  Common  Stock  on December 22,  1998.
</TABLE>


Total  pages:      10

PAGE
<PAGE>
     FORM  S-8

     REGISTRATION  STATEMENT
     UNDER THE
     SECURITIES  ACT  OF  1933


     DELCO  REMY  INTERNATIONAL,  INC.

     PART  II
     INFORMATION  REQUIRED  IN  THE  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT

Item  3.  Incorporation  of  Documents  by  Reference.
-----------------------------------------------------

     The  following documents are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:

(a)  The  Annual  Report on Form 10-K, as amended, filed by Delco Remy
International,  Inc. pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the  "Exchange  Act")  for  the  fiscal  year  ended  July  31,  1998.

(b)  The Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Delco Remy International,
Inc.  pursuant  to  the  Exchange  Act  on  November  24,  1998.

(c)  The  Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10-Q  filed  by  Delco  Remy
International,  Inc.  pursuant to the Exchange Act for the quarter ended October
31,  1998.

(d)  The  information  set  forth  under  the  caption "Description of
Capital  Stock"  in  the  Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by Delco Remy
International,  Inc.  pursuant  to the 1933 Act, Registration No. 333-37675, and
the  information  set  forth  under  the  caption  "Description of Notes" in the
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-1  filed  by Delco Remy International, Inc.
pursuant  to  the  1933  Act,  Registration  No.  333-37703,  as incorporated by
reference in the Form 8-A of Delco Remy International, Inc. filed on December 5,
1997  pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or
reports  filed  for  the  purpose  of  updating  that  description.

     All  documents  filed  by  Delco Remy International, Inc. or the Delco Remy
International  401(k)  Retirement and Savings Plan ("Plan") pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this
Registration  Statement,  and  prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which  indicates  that  all  securities  offered  hereby have been sold or which
deregisters  all  securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from  the  date  of  filing  of  those  documents.

Item  4.  Description  of  Securities.
-------------------------------------

     Not  applicable.

<PAGE>
<PAGE>

Item  5.  Interests  of  Named  Experts  and  Counsel.
-----------------------------------------------------

     Not  applicable.

Item  6.  Indemnification  of  Directors  and  Officers.
-------------------------------------------------------

     As  permitted  by  the  Delaware  Law,  the  Company's  Certificate  of
Incorporation  provides  that  directors  of the Company shall not be personally
liable  to  the  Company  or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary  duty  as  a  director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the
director's  duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts of
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation  of  law,  (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law,  relating  to  prohibited  dividends  or distributions or the repurchase or
redemption of stock, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derives
an  improper  personal  benefit.  In addition, the Company's By-laws provide for
indemnification  of  the  Company's officers and directors to the fullest extent
permitted  under  Delaware law.  Section 145 of the Delaware Law provides that a
corporation  may  indemnify  any  persons, including officers and directors, who
were or are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or
completed  legal  action,  suit  or  proceeding,  whether  civil,  criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation),  by  reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director,
employee  or  agent  of  such corporation or is or was serving at the request of
such  corporation  as  an  officer,  director,  employee  or  agent  of  another
corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust  or  other  enterprise.  The
indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts  paid  in  settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection  with  such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
corporation's  best  interests  and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable
cause  to  believe  that  his  conduct was unlawful.  A Delaware corporation may
indemnify  officers  and  directors  in  an  action  by  or  in the right of the
corporation  under  the  same  conditions,  except  that  no  indemnification is
permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be
liable  to  the  corporation.  Where an officer or director is successful on the
merits  or  otherwise  in  the  defense  of  any  action  referred to above, the
corporation  must  indemnify  him  against  the  expenses  that  such officer or
director  actually  and  reasonably  incurred.  Insofar  as  indemnification for
liabilities  arising  under  the  Securities  Act may be permitted to directors,
officers  or  persons  controlling  the  Company  pursuant  to  the  foregoing
provisions,  the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is  against  public  policy as
expressed  in  the  Securities  Act  and  is  therefore  unenforceable.

     The  directors  and  officers of the registrant are insured against certain
liabilities under the registrant's directors' and officers' liability insurance.

Item  7.  Exemption  from  Registration  Claimed.
------------------------------------------------

<PAGE>
<PAGE>

     Not  applicable.

Item  8.  Exhibits.
------------------

     (a)     The  Common  Stock  to  be offered pursuant to the Plan will not be
original  issuance  securities.

     (b)     The  registrant  undertakes  that it will submit in a timely manner
the  Plan  to  the  Internal  Revenue  Service ("IRS") and will make any and all
changes  required  by  the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of
the  Internal  Revenue  Code  of  1986,  as  amended.

Item  9.  Undertakings.
----------------------

     The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes:

(1)    To  file,  during  any  period  in which offers or sales are
being  made,  a  post-effective  amendment  to  this  registration  statement:

(i)    To  include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3)
of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933;

(ii)   To  reflect  in  the  prospectus  any  facts or events
arising  after  the  effective  date  of the registration statement (or the most
recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or  in  the
aggregate,  represent  a  fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration  statement;

(iii)  To  include  any material information with respect to
the  Plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or  any  material  change  to  such  information  in the registration statement;

Provided,  however,  that paragraphs 1(i) and 1(ii), above, shall
--------   -------
not  apply  if  the  information  required  to  be  included in a post-effective
amendment  by  those  paragraphs  is  contained in periodic reports filed by the
registrant  pursuant  to  section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act  of  1934  that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering  of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide  offering  thereof.

(3)     To  remove  from  registration  by means of a post-effective
amendment  any  of  the  securities  being registered which remain unsold at the
termination  of  the  offering.

<PAGE>
<PAGE>
(4)     That,  for  purposes  of determining any liability under the
Securities  Act  of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
incorporated  by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new  registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering  of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide  offering  thereof.


(5)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities  Act  of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons  of  the  registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the  registrant  has  been  advised  that  in  the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in  the  Act  and  is,  therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant  of  expenses  incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person  of  the  registrant  in  the  successful  defense of any action, suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted  by  such  director,  officer or controlling person in
connection  with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to  a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be  governed  by  the  final  adjudication  of  such  issue.

PAGE
<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES
                                   ----------

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the  undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized,  in the City of Anderson, State of  Indiana,  on December 23,  1998.

DELCO  REMY  INTERNATIONAL,  INC.



By: /s/ Thomas J. Snyder
Thomas  J.  Snyder,
President  and  Chief  Operating  Officer

     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY
     -------------------

     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and appoints Thomas J. Snyder and David E. Stoll and each or
any  of  them  (with  full  power  to  act alone), such person's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for  such  person  and  in  such  person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and  other  documents  in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  granting  unto  those  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to  be  done  in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such  person  might  or  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that  those  attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do
or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement has  been signed  on December 23, 1998 by the following
persons in the capacities  indicated:

/s/ Harold K. Sperlich
-----------------------------------
Harold  K.  Sperlich
Chairman  of  the  Board
(Principal  Executive  Officer)

<PAGE>
<PAGE>

/s/ David  L.  Harbert
-----------------------------------
David  L.  Harbert
Executive  Vice  President
and  Chief  Financial  Officer
(Principal  Financial  Officer)


-----------------------------------
E.  H.  Billig
Vice  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Directors

/s/ Richard  M.  Cashin,  Jr.
-----------------------------------
Richard  M.  Cashin,  Jr.
Director


-----------------------------------
Michael  A.  Delaney
Director

/s/ James  R.  Gerrity
-----------------------------------
James  R.  Gerrity
Director

/s/ Robert  J.  Schultz
-----------------------------------
Robert  J.  Schultz
Director

/s/ Thomas  J.  Snyder
-----------------------------------
Thomas  J.  Snyder
President,  Chief  Operating
Officer  and  Director

/s/ David  E.  Stoll
-----------------------------------
David  E.  Stoll
Vice  President  and  Controller
(Principal  Accounting  Officer)

<PAGE>
<PAGE>
     Pursuant  to the requirements of  the Securities Act of 1933,  the trustee 
(or other person who administers the  employee  benefit  plan) has  duly caused
this  registration  statement  to be  signed  on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto  duly  authorized, in  the  City  of Anderson,  State  of Indiana  on
December 23,  1998.


DELCO  REMY  INTERNATIONAL  401(k)  RETIREMENT AND
SAVINGS  PLAN



By:   /s/ Roderick English
          Roderick English,
		  Senior Vice President Human Resources and Communications

PAGE
<PAGE>
     DELCO  REMY  INTERNATIONAL,  INC.
     Registration  Statement
     on
     Form  S-8

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

INDEX  TO  EXHIBITS
-------------------
<S>              <C>

Exhibit Number
Assigned in
Regulation S-K
Item 601         Description of Exhibit
---------------  --------------------------------------------------
(4)              4.1  Specimen certificate for Common Stock,
                 without par value (incorporated by reference to
                 Exhibit 4.1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement No.
                 333-37675, as amended from time to time).

                 4.2  Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
                 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form
                 S-1 Registration Statement No. 333-37675, as
                 amended from time to time).

                 4.3  By-laws of the Company (incorporated by
                 reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form S-1 Registration
                 Statement No. 333-37675, as amended from time to
                 time).
(5)              No exhibit.
(15)             No exhibit.
(23)             23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
(24)             24.1 Power of Attorney (see Signature Page).
(99)             No exhibit.

</TABLE>
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Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C. 20549
                       -------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                            THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                          ----------------------------

                          DELCO REMY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                -----------------------------------------------------
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                           DELAWARE             35-1909253
          -------------------------------     --------------------
             (State or other jurisdiction     (I.R.S. Employer
          of incorporation or organization)    Identification No.)

                               2902 Enterprise Drive
                              Anderson, Indiana  46013
                    ---------------------------------------
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                            DELCO REMY INTERNATIONAL
                       401(k) RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
                       ----------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                              Susan E. Goldy, Esq.
                        Vice President & General Counsel
                         Delco Remy International, Inc.
                              2902 Enterprise Drive
                            Anderson, Indiana  46013
                     --------------------------------------
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                (765) 778-6799
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                          Melissa Proffitt Reese, Esq.
                            Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan
                         One American Square, Box 82001
                        Indianapolis, Indiana 46282-0002
Proposed       Proposed
Title of                             Maximum        Maximum
Securities          Amount           Offering       Aggregate    Amount of
to be               to be            Price          Offering     Registration
Registered(1)       Registered       Per Share(2)   Price(2)     Fee(2)
------------------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  --------------
Common Stock,
without par value   300,000  Shares  $    10.09375  $ 3,028,125  $       841.82
(1)     In  addition,  pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this  registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
be  offered  or  sold  pursuant  to  the employee benefit plan described herein.

(2)     The  registration  fee has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
the  Securities  Act  of  1933  based  upon the average of the high and low sale
prices  for  the  Common  Stock  on December 22,  1998.
Total  pages:      10

PAGE
FORM  S-8

     REGISTRATION  STATEMENT
     UNDER THE
     SECURITIES  ACT  OF  1933

     DELCO  REMY  INTERNATIONAL,  INC.

     PART  II
     INFORMATION  REQUIRED  IN  THE  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT

Item  3.  Incorporation  of  Documents  by  Reference.
-----------------------------------------------------

     The  following documents are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:

(a)  The  Annual  Report on Form 10-K, as amended, filed by Delco Remy
International,  Inc. pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the  "Exchange  Act")  for  the  fiscal  year  ended  July  31,  1998.

(b)  The Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Delco Remy International,
Inc.  pursuant  to  the  Exchange  Act  on  November  24,  1998.

(c)  The  Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10-Q  filed  by  Delco  Remy
International,  Inc.  pursuant to the Exchange Act for the quarter ended October
31,  1998.

(d)  The  information  set  forth  under  the  caption "Description of
Capital  Stock"  in  the  Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by Delco Remy
International,  Inc.  pursuant  to the 1933 Act, Registration No. 333-37675, and
the  information  set  forth  under  the  caption  "Description of Notes" in the
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-1  filed  by Delco Remy International, Inc.
pursuant  to  the  1933  Act,  Registration  No.  333-37703,  as incorporated by
reference in the Form 8-A of Delco Remy International, Inc. filed on December 5,
1997  pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or
reports  filed  for  the  purpose  of  updating  that  description.

     All  documents  filed  by  Delco Remy International, Inc. or the Delco Remy
International  401(k)  Retirement and Savings Plan ("Plan") pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this
Registration  Statement,  and  prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which  indicates  that  all  securities  offered  hereby have been sold or which
deregisters  all  securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from  the  date  of  filing  of  those  documents.

Item  4.  Description  of  Securities.
-------------------------------------

     Not  applicable.
Item  5.  Interests  of  Named  Experts  and  Counsel.
-----------------------------------------------------

     Not  applicable.

Item  6.  Indemnification  of  Directors  and  Officers.
-------------------------------------------------------

     As  permitted  by  the  Delaware  Law,  the  Company's  Certificate  of
Incorporation  provides  that  directors  of the Company shall not be personally
liable  to  the  Company  or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary  duty  as  a  director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the
director's  duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts of
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation  of  law,  (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law,  relating  to  prohibited  dividends  or distributions or the repurchase or
redemption of stock, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derives
an  improper  personal  benefit.  In addition, the Company's By-laws provide for
indemnification  of  the  Company's officers and directors to the fullest extent
permitted  under  Delaware law.  Section 145 of the Delaware Law provides that a
corporation  may  indemnify  any  persons, including officers and directors, who
were or are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or
completed  legal  action,  suit  or  proceeding,  whether  civil,  criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation),  by  reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director,
employee  or  agent  of  such corporation or is or was serving at the request of
such  corporation  as  an  officer,  director,  employee  or  agent  of  another
corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust  or  other  enterprise.  The
indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts  paid  in  settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection  with  such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
corporation's  best  interests  and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable
cause  to  believe  that  his  conduct was unlawful.  A Delaware corporation may
indemnify  officers  and  directors  in  an  action  by  or  in the right of the
corporation  under  the  same  conditions,  except  that  no  indemnification is
permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be
liable  to  the  corporation.  Where an officer or director is successful on the
merits  or  otherwise  in  the  defense  of  any  action  referred to above, the
corporation  must  indemnify  him  against  the  expenses  that  such officer or
director  actually  and  reasonably  incurred.  Insofar  as  indemnification for
liabilities  arising  under  the  Securities  Act may be permitted to directors,
officers  or  persons  controlling  the  Company  pursuant  to  the  foregoing
provisions,  the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is  against  public  policy as
expressed  in  the  Securities  Act  and  is  therefore  unenforceable.

     The  directors  and  officers of the registrant are insured against certain
liabilities under the registrant's directors' and officers' liability insurance.

Item  7.  Exemption  from  Registration  Claimed.
------------------------------------------------
Not  applicable.

Item  8.  Exhibits.
------------------

     (a)     The  Common  Stock  to  be offered pursuant to the Plan will not be
original  issuance  securities.

     (b)     The  registrant  undertakes  that it will submit in a timely manner
the  Plan  to  the  Internal  Revenue  Service ("IRS") and will make any and all
changes  required  by  the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of
the  Internal  Revenue  Code  of  1986,  as  amended.

Item  9.  Undertakings.
----------------------

     The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes:

(1)    To  file,  during  any  period  in which offers or sales are
being  made,  a  post-effective  amendment  to  this  registration  statement:

(i)    To  include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3)
of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933;

(ii)   To  reflect  in  the  prospectus  any  facts or events
arising  after  the  effective  date  of the registration statement (or the most
recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or  in  the
aggregate,  represent  a  fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration  statement;

(iii)  To  include  any material information with respect to
the  Plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or  any  material  change  to  such  information  in the registration statement;

Provided,  however,  that paragraphs 1(i) and 1(ii), above, shall
--------   -------
not  apply  if  the  information  required  to  be  included in a post-effective
amendment  by  those  paragraphs  is  contained in periodic reports filed by the
registrant  pursuant  to  section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act  of  1934  that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering  of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide  offering  thereof.

(3)     To  remove  from  registration  by means of a post-effective
amendment  any  of  the  securities  being registered which remain unsold at the
termination  of  the  offering.
(4)     That,  for  purposes  of determining any liability under the
Securities  Act  of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
incorporated  by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new  registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering  of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide  offering  thereof.

(5)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities  Act  of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons  of  the  registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the  registrant  has  been  advised  that  in  the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in  the  Act  and  is,  therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant  of  expenses  incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person  of  the  registrant  in  the  successful  defense of any action, suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted  by  such  director,  officer or controlling person in
connection  with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to  a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be  governed  by  the  final  adjudication  of  such  issue.

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SIGNATURES
                                   ----------

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the  undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized,  in the City of Anderson, State of  Indiana,  on December 23,  1998.

DELCO  REMY  INTERNATIONAL,  INC.

By: /s/ Thomas J. Snyder
Thomas  J.  Snyder,
President  and  Chief  Operating  Officer

     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY
     -------------------

     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and appoints Thomas J. Snyder and David E. Stoll and each or
any  of  them  (with  full  power  to  act alone), such person's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for  such  person  and  in  such  person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and  other  documents  in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  granting  unto  those  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to  be  done  in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such  person  might  or  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that  those  attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do
or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement has  been signed  on December 23, 1998 by the following
persons in the capacities  indicated:

/s/ Harold K. Sperlich
-----------------------------------
Harold  K.  Sperlich
Chairman  of  the  Board
(Principal  Executive  Officer)
/s/ David  L.  Harbert
-----------------------------------
David  L.  Harbert
Executive  Vice  President
and  Chief  Financial  Officer
(Principal  Financial  Officer)

-----------------------------------
E.  H.  Billig
Vice  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Directors

/s/ Richard  M.  Cashin,  Jr.
-----------------------------------
Richard  M.  Cashin,  Jr.
Director

-----------------------------------
Michael  A.  Delaney
Director

/s/ James  R.  Gerrity
-----------------------------------
James  R.  Gerrity
Director

/s/ Robert  J.  Schultz
-----------------------------------
Robert  J.  Schultz
Director

/s/ Thomas  J.  Snyder
-----------------------------------
Thomas  J.  Snyder
President,  Chief  Operating
Officer  and  Director

/s/ David  E.  Stoll
-----------------------------------
David  E.  Stoll
Vice  President  and  Controller
(Principal  Accounting  Officer)
Pursuant  to the requirements of  the Securities Act of 1933,  the trustee 
(or other person who administers the  employee  benefit  plan) has  duly caused
this  registration  statement  to be  signed  on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto  duly  authorized, in  the  City  of Anderson,  State  of Indiana  on
December 23,  1998.

DELCO  REMY  INTERNATIONAL  401(k)  RETIREMENT AND
SAVINGS  PLAN

By:   /s/ Roderick English
          Roderick English,
		  Senior Vice President Human Resources and Communications

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DELCO  REMY  INTERNATIONAL,  INC.
     Registration  Statement
     on
     Form  S-8
INDEX  TO  EXHIBITS
-------------------
Exhibit Number
Assigned in
Regulation S-K
Item 601         Description of Exhibit
---------------  --------------------------------------------------
(4)              4.1  Specimen certificate for Common Stock,
                 without par value (incorporated by reference to
                 Exhibit 4.1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement No.
                 333-37675, as amended from time to time).

                 4.2  Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
                 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form
                 S-1 Registration Statement No. 333-37675, as
                 amended from time to time).

                 4.3  By-laws of the Company (incorporated by
                 reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form S-1 Registration
                 Statement No. 333-37675, as amended from time to
                 time).
(5)              No exhibit.
(15)             No exhibit.
(23)             23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
(24)             24.1 Power of Attorney (see Signature Page).
(99)             No exhibit.