I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! IT WAS THE MAF!!! What I thought was a trans issues because of a hard shift was an engine misfire issue all along. I guess I thought it was the trans because it shift hard over 3K RPM. But the motor starts its power band around there. So actually what was going on was since it was misfiring over 3K RPM and had less power, (I bought the car with this problem) I couldn't' notice it was missing because I thought the power band was flat and the trans was just shifting hard. But the trans was doing its job at that RPM. THIS THINGS RUNS SO MUCH BETTER!!! EVEN AT IDLE!!!

THANKS DOC!!!