[BlackMx-3]

man the lumina z34 is fast, a friend of my familys has a black one with an automatic and it boogies like a bat out of hell.

 

[BlackMx-3]

Beaverboy is right... but the tranny put into your escort was not made to be shifting while in the redline... a rebuild would maybe help your cause. I know going into third gear in my mx-3 is similiar to your problem when into the high rpm. The cause = poor synchro