engine help

[therock]

Hey what going on i purchased a 1999 firebird a couple of weeks ago for 2800 well the car was never mainted still ahd the original spark plugs at 125,000 miles well i was in the process of tuneiin it up little by little im 16 and only have a little cash well when i cleaned the radiator i saw some brownish crap so i thought rust but my dads thought block sealer well i drove it about 20 more miles after i flushed the radiator and it made the weird clanking noise like a broke rod or spun bearing well today i broke it all down on an engine stand and a bearing is not spun and a rod is not cracked wtf there alout of gunk build up but nothing internal is broke what could have been making the clanking noise and i could hardley run it please help im frustrated also maybe there a crack in the blokc i saw some coolant in the intake but i think it was form the water jacket

[Clark Griswold]

Someone mixed green and orange coolant. Flush and fill with green.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

while your down there might as well re-ring her lol

and put in new lifters to

new water pump

new oil pump to and new timing chain

[therock]

How much do u think it would cost for all that waer pump, oil pump, rings, and lifters ive looked around but everyone only has perfromance lifters ad there like 550

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

the comp cams OE litfters or a great up grade from stock

www.3800performance.com

water pump not sure on

oil pump it like 10 bucks i think

ring are about 100 bucks from GM

but you would have basically new motor again

[therock]

well i knwo i cant afford piston im looking to probaly spend about 500 in parts and probaly another 500 in machien shop work does any one know how much it caused to seal a crack in the block i think i have one because my mainm bearing was spun so that probaly means water got in through somewhere and caused to it spin i wanted to get a cam till i saw how much they were i think i got a guy to port and polish my heads for 100 so i got 400 for parts so if yall know any aprts that really work great for under 400 please let me know im looking to try to run 9's in the 1/8 i already have the 3.42 gears and im not into 1/4 miels so im not intrested in nos or turbos