MSD ignition installed, now I'm thinking transmission time?

Are you verifying engine temps with a non contact thermometer?
Those are typically accurate, but it could have drifted.
Put a pot of water on the stove and bring it to a boil, put a metal spoon or something similar in the pot so a piece of the metal is out of the boiling water.
Check the temp, should be about 212 F

I was actually just going off of the temp guage on the sniper.

I do have a non contact thermometer but not sure where the most accurate place on the car to shoot it.