For those who contributed in the past... just an update:
Plugs changed: No difference
Wires Checked
Engine scanned
Everything was fine.
So I changed the trans fluid and filter along with adding a bottle of lucas.
This is what my fluid came out looking like! Dont worry I think most of the black specs were in the container before the fluid got there.
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Result: A whole new car. Smooth shifting and none of the RPM changes I was seeing before. It's been about a week now since I did it... Maybe 100 miles mixed driving.
May just be a bandaid, or maybe I'll get some good life out of what's left in the transmission. Guess it depends whether it's the clutches or something in the valve body.
So thanks for all the input. Clearly it's going to be a trans rebuild in my hopefully not to near future.
