Well I removed the clutch from my trans am and one of the springs inside had been rattling around in the Fidanza flywheel for some time. Its ugly in there any advice on whether or not it is still safe to run?

 

Safe to run...probably, but it is a sign of wear, abuse, excessive heat...You have it all apart, you should take a closer look at the the pressure plate, disc and flywheel. If they show signs of age and/or wear, you should consider replacing the pressure plate and disc & having the flywheel resurfaced.

 

well what I have issue with is that the aluminum part of the flywheel is pretty beat up, i can't see any cracks but there is alot of marks from the spring. The disk and pressure plate are toast, as well as it was just an LT-1 pressure plate similar to the valeo. I don't see LUK clutches markings anywhere on it so I assume it isn't a LUK however it is a 6 puck "disk" so I DUNNO. I am definitely replacing the face and clutch and if it is to bad to run I am going to go to a billet steel unit.