I'm helping a buddy of mine work on his 99LC 100 and the tranny shifts nice when accelerating slowly. The problem is if you accelerate quickly, as if you just pulled out in traffic, there is a huge delay(2 sec or so) between 1st and 2nd gear and then WHAM! It shifts into gear very firmly. The fluid is pretty new and topped off. Does this have bands that need adjusting or are the clutch packs worn out? Anyone try Lucas or any other Snake Oil to solve something like this? 

The 34XX trans has been used in lots of vehicles, over a long time, over that time there have been changes. On some of the later units the system pressure is controlled by the ECU. Most of the newer "electronic driver aid" rigs have ECU control. One indicator is the cable from the throttle body to trans (the so called kick-down cable), if it is on the rig, it has the progressive regulator, so is mechanical control. If the cable isn't used, it is electronic control, to adjust/change shifting, would need to reprogram/cheat the ECU.