Of course it's great for towing, but I also use it to get a little more performance when I need it. It changes the shift ability of your gears so you can get the most out of all your 8 cylinders,all the time..at the cost of a little fuel economy. It'll stay in the higher end of the lower gears longer than it normally would, so it almost shifts like I would on my bike or in a Manuel trans... No sluggish gear searching.
It really gives my 02 Silverado 1500 4.8L V8 that pep that I miss from the 02 1500 5.3L V8 I had right before this one... especially when Im going waaay to slow and need to merge with the speed of fast traffic from an on ramp to the freeway