Thanks for the responses guys ~ I did pull over right afterwards, and haven't started it up yet.
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First off, you never mix green and orange coolant, even in the slightest amount it will be corrosive. Second, why would you leave the bleeder screw hand tight like that? You need to keep your coolant system pressurized to keep the coolant from boiling. What you probably did was blow the headgasket and the sluggish feeling is from very bad compression.
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Wow, I've always thought that ethelyne glycol is ethelyne glycol - what is it in the two different colors that makes it corrosive? And corrosive to what? The whole engine's aluminum. Anyhow, I'll look into this, thanks. Didn't think about headgasket, but it totally makes sense.
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Or did you pull over immediatly after the temp gauge started going up or the water shot out?
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Temp guage never went up, because the water wasn't making it from the motor back to the radiator to get picked up again by the cooling system. I saw it go from 180 to 185 when I was coming down from the top of 4th, and after that it stayed pretty steady at 180 until I shut it down - by then it was already dry. You're right about the vocab though, it was late.
Guess I'll update when I get out there with my compression tester and some water. Thanks again ~