the AOD shouldnt go into 3rd when you shift up to D...i used to race the crap outta the foxbody when i drove it....my dad blew OD about 4 times, so he built the damn thing up strong (tranny cooler, torgue converter, etc)....so i can do the 1-D-1 just fine...doing that holds 2nd in 1 (like youve said)...and racing through 1, then shifting quickly up into D takes you through 1st gear in 1 then hits 2nd gear in D....if i was hitting 3rd gear, then it wouldnt have still had kick to it in D....but it did....chirped the tires and kept on roaring...
and no...i dont recommend ANY kind of manual shifting to a stock trans...itll just shorten its life by quite a bit...
but some of the most fun is driving along at about 50 then downshifting into 1 (2nd gear)....thats how you take off froma roll with an AOD....cours ethats how my dad blew the tranny 3-4 times...rofl...except that was about 60-70mph...silly him...oh well
