EXHIBIT 5.4

              [LETTERHEAD OF STEPHEN PLOPPER & ASSOCIATES, P.C.]

                               December 19, 1997



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

          Re:  Form S-4 Registration Statement
               Registration No. 333-39243
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Gentlemen and Ladies:

          We have acted as counsel to Power Investments, Inc., an Indiana
corporation, Franklin Power Products, Inc., an Indiana corporation,
International Fuel Systems, Inc., an Indiana corporation, Marine Corporation of
America, Inc., an Indiana corporation, and Powrbilt Products, Inc., a Texas
corporation (such companies collectively with the Relevant Subsidiaries, the
"Guarantors") in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-39243), originally filed on October
31, 1997, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as
subsequently amended by an amendment to be filed today (the "Registration
Statement"), relating to the proposed issuance of an aggregate of up to
$140,000,000 principal amount of 105/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2006 (the
"Exchange Notes") of the Delco Remy International, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company") and 

 
guaranteed by the Guarantors (the "Exchange Guaranties"). The Exchange Notes are
to be issued in exchange for an equal aggregate principal amount of Company's
outstanding 105/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "Existing Notes") and
the Guarantors' guaranties thereof pursuant to the Registration Agreement among
the Company, the Guarantors, Salomon Brothers Inc and Smith Barney Inc. The
Exchange Notes are to be issued pursuant to the terms of an Indenture filed as
Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement (the "Indenture"), among the Company,
the Guarantors and National City Bank.

          We have reviewed the Registration Statement and have made such legal
and factual examination and inquiry which we have deemed advisable for the
rendering of this opinion.  In making our examination we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as originals and the conformity to all authentic original documents of all
documents submitted to us as copies.  Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion
that:

          1.  The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the Company, and
when the Registration Statement has been declared effective, when the Exchange
Notes have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, and issued and delivered against exchange of the
Existing Notes in accordance with the terms set forth in the prospectus included
in the Registration Statement, the Exchange Notes will constitute legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights or debtors' obligations and the general principles
of equity.

          2.  Each Exchange Guaranty issued by a Guarantor has been duly
authorized by the respective Guarantor and when the Registration Statement has
been declared effective, when the Exchange Notes have been duly executed,
authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and
when the Senior Notes have been issued and delivered against the exchange of the
Existing Notes in accordance with the terms set forth in the prospectus included
in the Registration Statement, the Exchange Guaranties will constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligation of each Guarantor, enforceable against each
Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization or other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights or debtors' obligations and to general
principles of equity.

          The opinion expressed herein is rendered for your benefit in
connection with the transaction contemplated herein.  The opinion expressed
herein may not be used or relied upon by any other person, nor may this letter
or any copies hereof be furnished to a third party, filed with a governmental
agency, quoted, cited or otherwise referred to without our prior written
consent, except as noted below.

 
          We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the Prospectus contained
therein, under the caption "Legal Matters."  In giving such consent we do not
thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

                                    Very truly yours,


                                    /s/ Stephen Plopper & Associates, P.C.