NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
                                       FOR
                    10-5/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2006
                         DELCO REMY INTERNATIONAL, INC.

     As set forth in the Prospectus  dated December __, 1997 (the  "Prospectus")
of DELCO REMY INTERNATIONAL, INC. (the "Company") and in the accompanying Letter
of Transmittal and instructions thereto (the "Letter of Transmittal"), this form
or one  substantially  equivalent  hereto  must be used to accept the  Company's
offer to exchange (the "Exchange  Offer") all of its outstanding  10-5/8% Senior
Subordinated  Notes Due 2006  (the  "Existing  Notes")  for its  10-5/8%  Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2006, which have been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Exchange  Notes"),  if  certificates  for the Existing
Notes are not  immediately  available  or if the Existing  Notes,  the Letter of
Transmittal or any other documents  required  thereby cannot be delivered to the
Exchange  Agent,  or the procedure for book-entry  transfer cannot be completed,
prior to 5:00 P.M.,  New York City time, on the  Expiration  Date (as defined in
the Prospectus).  This form may be delivered by an Eligible  Institution by hand
or  transmitted  by  facsimile  transmission,  overnight  courier or mail to the
Exchange Agent as set forth below. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
have the meaning given to them in the Prospectus.

     THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON _______,
1998, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (THE "EXPIRATION DATE").  TENDERS OF EXISTING
NOTES MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.

                   To: National City Bank, The Exchange Agent

                                                          


             By Registered or Certified Mail:                                By Overnight Courier:
                    National City Bank                                         National City Bank
                      P.O. Box 94720                                         4100 West 150th Street
                 Cleveland, OH 44101-4720                      3rd Floor North Annex - Corporate Trust Operations
                                                                              Cleveland, OH 44135

                         By Hand:                                                By Facsimile:
                    National City Bank                                           (216) 476-8508
                  4100 West 150th Street
    3rd Floor North Annex - Corporate Trust Operations                       Confirm by telephone:
                   Cleveland, OH 44135                                           (800) 622-6757



     DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS,  OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS
VIA A  FACSIMILE,  OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH  ABOVE,  DOES NOT  CONSTITUTE A VALID
DELIVERY.

     This form is not to be used to guarantee signatures.  If a signature on the
Letter of  Transmittal  to be used to tender  Existing  Notes is  required to be
guaranteed by an "Eligible  Institution"  under the instructions  thereto,  such
signature  guarantee must appear in the applicable  space provided in the Letter
of Transmittal.






Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The  undersigned  hereby  tenders  to DELCO  REMY  INTERNATIONAL,  INC.,  a
Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  upon  the  terms  and  subject  to the
conditions  set forth in the  Prospectus  and the Letter of  Transmittal  (which
together   constitute  the  "Exchange  Offer"),   receipt  of  which  is  hereby
acknowledged,  $_________  principal  amount of Existing  Notes  pursuant to the
guaranteed  delivery  procedures  set forth in  Instruction  1 of the  Letter of
Transmittal.

     The  undersigned  acknowledges  that  tenders  of  Existing  Notes  will be
accepted  only in  principal  amounts  equal to  $1,000  or  integral  multiples
thereof. The undersigned acknowledges that tenders of Existing Notes pursuant to
the Exchange Offer may not be withdrawn  after 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on
the Expiration Date.

     All authority  herein conferred or agreed to be conferred by this Notice of
Guaranteed  Delivery  shall survive the death,  incapacity or dissolution of the
undersigned  and  every  obligation  of the  undersigned  under  this  Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery shall be binding upon the heirs,  personal  representatives,
executors,  administrators,  successors,  assignees,  trustees in bankruptcy and
other legal representatives of the undersigned.

            NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED WHERE INDICATED BELOW.

Certificate No(s)  for Existing Notes           Name(s) of Record Holder(s)
(if available)
_____________________________________           ____________________________

                                                ____________________________

                                                PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE

Principal Amount of Existing Notes              Address  ____________________

___________________________________             _____________________________

                                                Area Code and Tel. No. _______

                                                Signature(s)
                                                ______________________________


                                               Dated: ________________________

                                               If Existing  Notes will be 
                                               delivered by book-entry transfer
                                               at the Depository Trust Company,
                                               Depository Account No.
                                               ________________________________

     This  Notice  of  Guaranteed  Delivery  must be  signed  by the  registered
holder(s)  of  Existing   Notes  exactly  as  its  (their)   name(s)  appear  on
certificates  for Existing Notes or on a security  position listing as the owner
of Existing Notes, or by person(s)  authorized to become registered holder(s) by
endorsements and documents  transmitted with this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
If   signature   is   by   a   trustee,   executor,   administrator,   guardian,
attorney-in-fact,   officer  or  other   person   acting  in  a   fiduciary   or
representative capacity, such person must provide the following information:

                      Please print name(s) and address(es)

Name(s):  __________________________________________________________________

Capacity: __________________________________________________________________

Address(es): _______________________________________________________________




                                    GUARANTEE
                    (NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)

     The undersigned, a member firm of a registered national securities exchange
or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or a commercial bank
or trust company  having an office or  correspondent  in the United States or an
"eligible  guarantor  institution"  within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Exchange  Act"),  hereby (a)
represents that the above named  person(s)  "own(s)" the Existing Notes tendered
hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange  Act, (b)  represents
that such tender of Existing  Notes  complies with Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange
Act and (c) guarantees that delivery to the Exchange Agent of  certificates  for
the Existing Notes tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer (or confirmation
of the  book-entry  transfer of such  Existing  Notes into the Exchange  Agent's
Account  at  the  Depository  Trust  Company,  pursuant  to the  procedures  for
book-entry  transfer set forth in the  Prospectus),  with delivery of a properly
completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed  facsimile
thereof) with any required signatures and any other required documents,  will be
received by the Exchange  Agent at one of its  addresses  set forth above within
five New York Stock Exchange  ("NYSE")  trading days after the execution of this
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

     THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT MUST DELIVER THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
AND EXISTING NOTES TENDERED  HEREBY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD
SET FORTH  AND THAT  FAILURE  TO DO SO COULD  RESULT  IN  FINANCIAL  LOSS TO THE
UNDERSIGNED.

Name of Firm _____________________              _____________________________
                                                  Authorized Signature

Address __________________________     Name__________________________________   
                                                  Please Print or Type
__________________________________     
       Zip Code                        Title_________________________________

Area Code and Tel. No. ___________     Date  ________________________________

Dated: ___________________________

NOTE: DO NOT SEND EXISTING  NOTES WITH THIS FORM;  EXISTING NOTES SHOULD BE SENT
WITH YOUR LETTER OF  TRANSMITTAL SO THAT THEY ARE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT
WITHIN FIVE NYSE TRADING DAYS AFTER THE  EXECUTION OF THIS NOTICE OF  GUARANTEED
DELIVERY.