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                                                                   Exhibit 10.33

                         Delco Remy International, Inc.
                              2902 Enterprise Drive
                             Anderson, Indiana 46013

                                 March 18, 2002

Rajesh K. Shah
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Delco Remy International, Inc
2902 Enterprise Drive
Anderson, Indiana 46013

Dear Rajesh K. Shah:

     In recognition of the importance and value to Delco Remy International,
Inc. (the "Company") of your services, you and the Company agree as follows:

     1. If you are employed by the Company when a Change of Control (as defined
herein) occurs and your employment with the Company is terminated within two (2)
years of a Change of Control (i) by the Company for any reason other than Cause
(as defined herein) or (ii) by you for Good Reason (as defined herein):

          (a) The Company will pay or cause to be paid to you a bonus (the
     "Bonus") equal to (i) in the event of a termination of your employment as
     described in this paragraph 1 in the first two (2) years following the
     execution of this letter agreement, One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) or
     (ii) in the event of a termination of your employment as described in this
     paragraph 1 after the first two (2) years following the execution of this
     letter agreement, three (3) times the average of the sum of (1) your annual
     salary (including for this purpose any deferred salary) and (2) the amount
     of all bonus payments made by the Company to you under applicable bonus or
     incentive compensation plans, for the three (3) full calendar years
     immediately preceding the termination of your employment. The Bonus shall
     be payable to you within three (3) business days following the termination
     of your employment. All payments due to you hereunder will be subject to
     all applicable employment and withholding taxes.

          (b) In addition to the Bonus, you and your eligible family members
     shall be entitled to continuation of the welfare benefits of medical
     insurance, dental insurance and life insurance until the first anniversary
     of the termination of your employment with the Company. These benefits
     shall be provided to you at the same premium cost, and at the same coverage
     level, as in effect as of the effective date of termination of your
     employment with the Company. However, in the event the premium cost and/or
     level of coverage shall change for all similarly situated executive
     employees of the Company, the cost and/or coverage level, likewise, shall
     change for you and your eligible family members in a corresponding manner.

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          (c) If any benefit or payment from the Company to you in connection
     with a Change of Control (whether paid or payable or distributed or
     distributable pursuant to the terms of this letter agreement or otherwise)
     (a "Payment") shall be determined to be an "Excess Parachute Payment" as
     defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
     amended (the "Code"), then the aggregate present value of amounts or
     benefits payable to you pursuant to this letter agreement ("Agreement
     Payments") shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the Reduced Amount. The
     "Reduced Amount" shall be an amount expressed in present value that
     maximizes the aggregate present value of Agreement Payments without causing
     any payments or benefits hereunder to be an Excess Parachute Payment.
     Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Reduced Amount is zero and
     it is determined further that any payment from the Company to you that is
     not an Agreement Payment would nevertheless be an Excess Parachute Payment,
     then the aggregate present value of Payments that are not Agreement
     Payments shall also be reduced (but not below zero) to an amount, if any,
     so that the present value of such lesser amount maximizes the aggregate
     present value of Payments to you on an after-tax basis, taking into account
     income and excise taxes under Section 1 and Section 4999 of the Code. For
     purposes of this Section 1, present value shall be determined in accordance
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     with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code.

     2. As used herein, the following shall have the meanings set forth below:

          (a) "Cause" shall mean the occurrence or existence of any of the
     following with respect to you, as determined in good faith by the Board of
     Directors of the Company:

          (i)  conviction of a felony or conviction of any crime or offense
               lesser than a felony involving the property of the Company or an
               Affiliate of the Company, whether such conviction occurs before
               or after your termination of employment;

          (ii) engaging in conduct that has caused demonstrable and material
               injury to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, monetary or
               otherwise;

          (iii) gross dereliction of duties or other gross misconduct and the
               failure to cure such situation within thirty (30) days after
               receipt of notice thereof from the compensation committee of the
               Company, the Board of Directors of the Company, the Company or an
               Affiliate of the Company; or

          (iv) the disclosure or use of confidential information other than in
               the normal and ordinary performance of service for the Company or
               any Affiliate of the Company.

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          (b) "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following
     events:

               (i)  the purchase or other acquisition by any single Person,
                    entity or group of Persons (within the meaning of Section
                    13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
                    amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any comparable successor
                    provisions) other than Citicorp Venture Capital Ltd.
                    ("Citicorp") or an Affiliate (as defined herein) thereof, or
                    a group of Persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or
                    14(d) of the Exchange Act) of which Citicorp is a member, or
                    an employee benefit plan established or maintained by the
                    Company or any Affiliate thereof, of shares of common stock,
                    or of securities convertible into or exchangeable or
                    exercisable for shares of common stock or other voting
                    securities of the Company, if immediately following such
                    purchase or other acquisition, such single Person or group
                    of Persons would be the beneficial owner (within the meaning
                    of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or
                    indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of either (A)
                    the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or (B)
                    the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding
                    voting securities (assuming, in the case of securities
                    convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for other
                    securities, the conversion or exchange thereof); or

               (ii) except in the case of a transaction with Citicorp or an
                    Affiliate thereof, (a) the Company's reorganization, merger,
                    or consolidation with or into another Person, unless
                    pursuant to such transaction the holders of the Company's
                    voting stock immediately prior to such transaction own more
                    than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power
                    entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of
                    the reorganized, merged or consolidated Person immediately
                    after such transaction; (b) the sale or other disposition,
                    in one or a series of transactions, of all or substantially
                    all of the Company's assets; or (c) the approval by the
                    shareholders of the Company of a plan of liquidation,
                    dissolution or winding up of the Company.

     The definition of "Change of Control" in this letter agreement shall not be
     deemed to include any transaction in which you are an independent equity
     participant who has made an affirmative decision to invest funds in the
     transaction (it being understood that a transaction in which your
     involvement as an equity participant is limited to a rollover of equity
     interests owned by you at the time of the transaction will not be deemed to
     involve an affirmative decision by you to invest funds in such
     transaction). The definition of "Change of Control" in this


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          letter agreement shall not affect your rights under any plan adopted
          by the Company or any other agreement between the Company and you. Any
          payments or other benefits received by you pursuant to any such plan
          or agreement upon a Change of Control shall be deemed a Payment under
          this letter agreement and shall be subject to the provisions set forth
          in Section 1(c) hereof.

          (c) "Good Reason" shall mean the occurrence or existence of any of the
     following with respect to you:

               (i)  your base salary plus bonus at target is reduced from that
                    currently in effect, or your other employee benefits are in
                    the aggregate materially reduced from those currently in
                    effect prior to the Change of Control (unless such reduction
                    of employee benefits applies to employees of the Company
                    generally); or

               (ii) the assignment to you of any duties or responsibilities
                    which are fundamentally inconsistent with your officer
                    position with the Company which is not cured within thirty
                    (30) days of receipt by the Company of written notice from
                    you of such assignment of inconsistent duties or
                    responsibilities.

          (d) "Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person directly or
     indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the
     specified Person. "Control" when used with respect to any Person means the
     power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
     indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
     or otherwise. The words "controlling" and "controlled" shall have
     corresponding meanings. The term "Affiliate" shall include, without
     limitation, any Person who beneficially owns voting securities of any other
     Person or rights or warrants to purchase such voting securities (whether or
     not currently exercisable), representing 10% or more of the total voting
     power of the voting securities of such other Person, and any Person who
     would be an Affiliate of any such beneficial owner pursuant to this
     paragraph. Solely for purposes of this agreement, with respect to Citicorp
     (as defined below), the term "Affiliate" shall include, without limitation,
     any limited partnership, limited liability company or other investment
     vehicle that is sponsored or managed (whether through the ownership of
     securities having a majority of the voting power, as a general partner or
     through the management of investments) by Citicorp or its Affiliates
     (defined without giving effect to this clause) or present or former
     employees of Citicorp or its Affiliates.

          (e) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
     venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company,
     trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
     subdivision thereof or any other entity.

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March 18, 2002
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     3. Nothing in this letter agreement shall be construed to give you any
right to remain in the employ of the Company, and you hereby acknowledge that
you are and will remain an employee-at-will of the Company whose employment may
be terminated at any time with or without Cause. In addition, except as provided
in this Agreement or under applicable law, the Employee shall not be entitled to
any other benefits or compensation.

     4. This term of this letter agreement shall be one (1) year commencing on
the date hereof; provided, however, that this letter agreement shall be
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automatically renewed for successive one-year periods commencing on March 18,
2002 and each year thereafter unless the Company gives notice to you of the
termination of this letter agreement at least ninety (90) days prior to February
6, 2002 or the end of any such one-year period thereafter, as applicable, in
which case this letter agreement shall terminate on March 18, 2002 or at the end
of such one-year period thereafter.

     5. This letter agreement may be amended or modified only by an agreement in
writing executed by you and the Company.

     6. This letter agreement shall be construed and interpreted under the laws
of the State of Indiana, without regard to conflicts of law principles of such
State. Because it is agreed that time will be of the essence in determining
whether any payments are due to you under this letter agreement, any disputes
arising hereunder shall be submitted to binding arbitration in Indianapolis,
Indiana, or such other place as the parties may agree. The parties agree that
the arbitration award shall be the sole and exclusive remedy between them
regarding any and all claims arising hereunder.

     The arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the Commercial Rules of the
American Arbitration Association, subject to the following provisions:

          (a) the arbitration hearing shall be held within seven (7) days (or as
     soon thereafter as possible) after the selection of the arbitrator; no
     continuance of such hearing shall be allowed without the mutual consent of
     the parties; absence from or nonparticipation at the hearing by either
     party shall not prevent the issuance of an award; hearing procedures which
     will expedite the hearing may be ordered at the arbitrator's discretion;
     and the arbitrator may close the hearing in his or her sole discretion when
     he or she decides he or she has heard sufficient evidence to satisfy
     issuance of an award;

          (b) the arbitrator's award shall be rendered as expeditiously as
     possible and the parties will request that the arbitrator render the award
     no later than one (1) week after the close of the hearing; the award of the
     arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties; the award may be
     enforced in any appropriate court as soon as possible after its rendition;
     and if an action is brought to confirm the award, both parties agree that
     no appeal shall be taken by either party from any decision rendered in such
     action; and

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          (c) if you are the prevailing party as determined by the arbitrator in
     any such arbitration proceeding you shall be awarded reasonable costs and
     attorneys' fees.

     7. This letter agreement shall inure to the benefit of your heirs, assigns
and legal representatives. This letter agreement may be executed in two (2)
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and both of which shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Additionally, this agreement shall be
binding upon the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns.



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Rajesh K. Shah
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         If the foregoing accurately sets forth our understanding with respect
to the subject matter set forth above, please sign below and return an executed
copy of this letter to the Company.

Very truly yours,


                                             DELCO REMY INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                             By:   /s/ Rajesh K. Shah
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                                             Name:  Rajesh K. Shah
                                             Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                    Chief Financial Officer



Accepted and Agreed to this
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By: /s/ Roderick English
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Printed: Roderick English
Title: Senior Vice President
       Human Resources and Communications