Not for drag racing. My son's low horsepower, maybe twenty dumps at 5500rpm is showing checking and a crack at one flywheel bolt hole. Yes he had a steel bell housing and gave it a try.
Put one end of the spring in a vice, bend it over and add flat washers between the open coils then repeat other side until you have enough length to slip over. Clamp bracket in vice or bolt in car, depress pedal and the washers fall out.