Post by: admin on December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 PM
Back in the Zone
It’s about Time……..Time Zone that is.
Bowling's most popular brand name “Zone†is back on a new line of balls featuring asymmetric cores that incorporate an updated version of the Preferential Spin Axis Technology first developed and patented by Brunswick (US Patent # 5,074,553) in 1991.
This core, in combination with the classic PowrKoil 18 coverstock gives the Time Zone an aggressive reactive “Zone†type ball reaction along with the unique drilling options of a ball with a built-in Preferential Spin Axis (PSA).
When drilling the Time Zone, placement of the Riser Pin and the PSA locator (relative to the bowler’s axis) influences the amount of track flare created, contributing to the ball's reaction on the lane. The unique “ellipse†engraving* around the riser pin on the Time Zone allows the bowler to easily see the orientation of the core and the PSA when looking at their ball, making it easier to identify the choice of layout.
Utility
Out of the Box: With its high gloss surface the Time Zone matches up well on medium-oily to medium-dry lane conditions.
When dulled: The Time Zone’s hooking action will increase and its arc will become more even, creating a better match-up for oily lane conditions and for smoothing over/under reactions seen on wet/dry lane conditions.
Reaction Setup
There are additional layout considerations for a ball with a significant Preferential Spin Axis (PSA) such as the Time Zone. The distance from the riser pin still determines the overall strength of the layout the same way it does in symmetric core balls that have an insignificant PSA. In the Time Zone, placement of the PSA locator, relative to the riser pin and the bowler’s axis, can be used to modify the reaction created by a given riser pin position. See the attached sample layouts for the most popular drilling options.
The Time Zone is finished with a high gloss surface which enhances its appearance and reduces hooking action in the oil. High gloss finishes can sometimes cause over/under reactions, too little hooking action in the oil, then too much hooking action off the dry, which can be hard to control. To increase hooking action and smooth out the ball reaction, dull the surface, first with a fine 800-1000 grit abrasive. If more hooking action and a smoother reaction is desired, dull the surface of the ball with a coarse 320-400 grit abrasive.
Post by: thegame on July 08, 2003, 04:02:32 AM
Post by: LuckyLefty on August 01, 2003, 02:09:14 PM
Same core in that ball, slightly stronger PK 18on this one versus
Ncontrol Powerstock on the REbel.
REgards,
Luckylefty
Post by: BuddiesProShopcom - Bill on August 13, 2003, 08:18:09 PM
I will update this review as more bowlers get this in their hands.
This ball should not be a problem to layout with today's Mass Bias layouts. The drill sheet give you 4 basic layouts, but you can use any Mass Bias layout to get what you are looking for out of the ball.
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Post by: TTBDepot on August 18, 2003, 10:19:29 PM
Post by: LuckyLefty on August 22, 2003, 01:18:46 AM
No don't switch that dial.
Dull can be beautiful.
I picked this up on the steal of the century from Buddies.
They even called me during the transaction to discuss delivery, drilling and reaction, all on their nickel!
PS Can't finish will upgrade tomorrow AM
Whew, ran out of gas!
REcharged.
So the Time Zone, The Revolution Rebel core combined with the Demolition Zone cover two of the sexiest beasts of all time = Sexy Beast right?, No = Dull Zone striking machine!
Pin out 2 1/2 inches top weight 2 3/4 predrill, drilled strong drilling Pin to pap 4 inches, mass bias marker between thumb and VAL 4 X 2 3/4 weighthole placed at one inch past my pap at 6 1/4 from grip center straight out. Small fingerweight also.
Expectations this is going to be my exciting hockey sticked shape Rebel all over again but for heavier oil or My demolition Zone but maybe even crazier!
No, this ball revs, revs, revs, and then slurves hard and even towards the pocket and flushes, em. Stronger swings than the Rebel(Rebel looks stronger but makes its move later and harder down the lane, often 7 pin city) could handle and then flush. Almost no 7 pins. Adjustments are very even and predictable and allow one to zero in on the proper strike angle on a typical medium heavy league pattern.
To place among previous balls I've reviewed and many have seen.
In reaction strength, it goes from most even to most exciting, My Smash/r,
This Time Zone, My Walter Ray, The Demolition Zone sexiest beast of all time!
The move frankly looks almost like a Riot Zone in reactive with a touch extra curl at the back.
The Walter Ray though not supposed to has a little more punch and a quick little extra wrinkle at the back.
My local proshop who couldn't move a Rebel if his life depended on it is selling the hell out of this ball. He said 6 sold yesterday!
Everyone is being drilled the same and everyone is loving them. The ellipse on the pin shows lots of revs, the movement at the back smooth and controlled and yet can be played for this lefty inside to about the 3rd arrow. The Demo could add another arrow of flip!
Exciting NO, Dull Zone says, "just call me Flush".
On all mediums to heavier mediums.
REgards,
Luckylefty
PS I'm in a quandry why the drill sheet for this ball is different than the Rebel. Rebel said put the pin at 2 oclock to cg (like label leverage)for earliest reaction this one says put mass bias in between thumb and val.
Two contradictory drill sheets one core!
Post by: Dwight Albrecht on August 31, 2003, 01:06:10 AM
In a nutshell, extremely versatile depending on the layout. Brunswick’s new Time Zone incorporates the Cover stock from the Black Danger Zone and the Core from the Rebel ECX. The core from a side view looks like the same shape as the Columbia Throttle or what I like to call the “Michelin Man†shape. The main risen pin is the stem of the center of the weight block and 6 ¾†down is a small locator pin representing the PSA or mass bias. Mass Bias on this ball is .016 making it very strong and small locating pin placement curial to the ball’s motion on the last 20 feet.
For years I asked Brunswick to reintroduce a ball similar to the Phantom series back in the early 1990’s. I’m glad they did. I recently saw Parker Bohn III at a trade show have two of these balls drilled. One ball was drilled with the pin 6†by a 0 mass bias spot. This made the “elliptical shape†by the pin look tall making the core’s shape “Taller†inside the ball. The ball rolled like a 3 piece ball. Went real long and had very little backend. Time Zone #2 with the same surface was drilled Pin 5 ¼ X 45 mass bias. This time the elliptical was tilted on a slight 45 degree angle. This ball skidded clean through the fronts and had a very strong angular movement to the backends. If you have any kind of revs on the ball I would keep the pin high with a fairly lengthy layout like a 4 ½-5 ½ Pin and swing the mass bias to the right of your thumb for a right hander and left of the thumb hole for a lefty. Do not place the small locator pin in the track area on this ball. The flare point of the ball could clip holes.
I drilled my Time Zone 4†Pin by 60 degrees mass bias. For me the ball gets through the fronts real clean and has a strong but smooth move on the backends. On oil the ball is not strong enough with out a surface change. Best condition for me for this ball would be a medium to dry condition with clean backends. If you are looking for more backend try a 5†X 45 Mass Bias swing. The 5†pin will help the ball get farther down the lane and the 45 degree swing will help the ball transition harder when it hits the dry.
I would like to see Brunswick stay with this weight block design and try this core in cover stock like the Raging Inferno or something smooth particle. I would love to see what that combination could do for an oily condition. This combination might allow bowlers with less hand to achieve a stronger reaction than what they are getting out of there current equipment. Only “Time†(no pun intended) will tell.
Thanks for reading my review.
Dwight
Post by: MelvinBrunsTrack on September 25, 2003, 06:35:50 PM
Happy Bowling !
Post by: MelvinBrunsTrack on October 21, 2003, 06:54:58 PM
Happy Bowling
Post by: benb2a on November 07, 2003, 09:18:41 AM
Post by: iamdaman4ju on November 10, 2003, 11:31:03 PM
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'WE WORK SO WE CAN BOWL, WHO CARES WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS!!!!! THE PINS MUST BE DESTROYED, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!
Post by: SAR1stuNNa1 on November 16, 2003, 10:01:36 PM
a different look. This ball is the hardest hitting ball I've ever owned. I like
this ball so much, I have two of them. The first one I have the pin next to the
ring finger and the cg kicked out underneath it. I have the mass bias (PSA) on my
track. This ball rolls with an even arc which is very predictable for a reactive
ball. On the other one I have the pin and cg in the same location, but I have the
mass bias about 3-4 in underneath the cg. This ball revs up a ton in the front
part of the lane and then explodes in the back end. Overall the Time Zone is
great, another success for Brunswick.
-Shawn Ryan-
Post by: fatman_FUBAR on December 02, 2003, 10:36:11 PM
However, it can be too aggressive depending on the shot and line. It can be very sensitive to off the wet.
The ball that I was sent was a 0.5" pin in on a heavy 15 lbs ball. When I took it to my pro-shop operator, he said that my ball was slightly different from the usual Time Zone because I have a different cover stock (not flat black, but a swirled black and grey). He seemed to think it was a TOUR edition. Anyway, he drilled it up with the pin 1" under the ring finger and the heavy spot kicked out to slightly to the left. The Mass bias is 3-4 inches below my CG just around my thumbhole.
It took me a while to get use to this ball. It was so much more aggressive than anything I had ever thrown from Brunswick (or any other company I had tried). This ball went down VERY long (38-40 feet), and made such an aggressive turn that I was routinely leaving pocket 4-10’s and stone 9’s. Once I started projecting the ball farther down the lane (45 feet), this ball started to carry. No matter where it hit in the pocket, as long as it hit 45 feet (before moving), it would carry.
I tried this ball on a 35 ft, 38 ft and 40 foot oil pattern, with both fresh back ends, and on carry down. This ball seemed to really excel in the carry down. The more the heads broke down, and the more the oil migrated down lane, the better this ball set up and played off the wet.
I would most definitely tell anyone who is going to shoot tournaments, or any one who suffers a lot on carry down to pick up this ball. It is a great go-to ball in the late games, or an amazing ball for you to open up the lane with.
Post by: htotheizzo3561 on December 13, 2003, 11:21:05 PM
Post by: goldenbowl on December 14, 2003, 10:40:19 AM
see you people bye bye cu
Post by: landercompguy on January 03, 2004, 04:41:15 PM
Post by: Brian Green on January 25, 2004, 01:42:13 AM
16 lbs
pin 1-2
top 2
Bowler specs
lefty
above average revs
above average speed
DRilled this ball very similar to my raging inferno. and this ball gives me pretty close to the same reaction too. only difference is that the ball goes about 3 feet longer down the lane before it reacts.........
i gave this ball a solid 8
Post by: coltfoet5 on January 29, 2004, 03:31:23 PM
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Post by: Sarge on May 17, 2004, 06:54:25 PM
Post by: DP3 on June 24, 2004, 03:36:59 AM
Player Profile
Right handed tweener
17mph, 300rpms
PAP 4 3/4 right, 1/8 up
Center Profile
Short, blocked house shot
About a 12:1 ratio, gutters extremely dry, middle flodded
Ball Specs
2 inch pin right of ring finger
C.G stacked Under
MB below and right of thumb
Weighthole on PAP
Pro's
-Very strong reaction, yet predictable and forgiving
-Hits very hard and carries off hits well
-Exaggerated breakpoint makes the ball look like it's picking up speed on the backend
-Adaptable to minor release and speed changes
-Very versatile with different drillings
Con's
not many here...
-Not good for blending extreme wet/dry, breaks hard out of the dry and likes to be played in a defined oil track(which isn't necessarily a bad thing)
Other Notes
This is definately one of the more versatile Brunswick releases that gives a new look on the lanes in comparasion with past Brunswick equipment. It revs strong off of the hand yet stores a ton of energy for the backend. It reminds me of a Command Zone Arc with a sharper breakpoint, just an overall hard hitting Strong Reactive ball. I can see alot of styles benefiting from this type of ball in their lineup, and the more experienced tournament player can definately benefit from having two or three of these balls in the bag.
This is a definate winner for Brunswick and next to my Teal Rhino Pro, it's my favorite ball in my Brunswick Arsenal.
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-DJ Marshall
Why do bowlers all want a ball that skid-snaps then cry about it being over-under when they can't control it?
Post by: Bomb3000 on July 02, 2004, 03:27:34 AM
Good bye Storm. Storms are so unpredictable.
Post by: Phillip Marlowe on December 22, 2004, 08:29:56 PM
The next day, I went to the pro shop at Grind It Out Lanes and, with a portion of the expense money, purchased two of the black bombs and created a tab at the bar. They were drilled 4x4 and 5x5 by Stan the Pro Shop Man, while I downed my first gimlet.
The cover was shiny, black, and as sleek as Demi Moore in Striptease. It was supposed to get through broken down heads and be controllable, like any good dame, on the back. I tried it on house tapers, a christmas tree, and a couple of conditions flatter than Kate Moss.
1. Length? As shiny as this is in box condition, on lighter and medium oil it tries to be a midlaner, picking up and moving earlier than one would think. More oil, more skid -- always the case -- except with this one, the length was fairly consistent except on the extremes of wet and dry. Mr. Clean on spotty conditions, so long as there was something out there, it gets to the "breakpoint" consistently. However, if you live in a dry county, you'll need the Dukes to bring you some speed to use this. Don't try it if you live in an oil producing state.
2. How did it move? Controlled, powerful and smooth for a shiny black thing, like watching Halle in Catwoman. Meow. Adequate on carrydown and not angular. It will rollout if you let it get dull or if, god forbid, you ignore my advice and try to use it in a dry county without a 442 Hemi to generate speed.
3. How much did it move? This ball is a local. It gets from place to place and it does so with a minimum of fuss. It moves enough to create angle for carry, but it doesn't take off like Jane Fonda when she sees Vietnam vets. It moves left (or right -- I hate going right) controllably and predictably. And it looks nice doing it.
4. How did it hit? Now you might think "Phillip, given what you have just written, I'd guess this one bleeds energy like Chuck Wepner fighting Ali." But you'd be wrong. Somehow, if you keep the speed up even reasonably, this one has plenty left at the deck to deck the pins like Hagler. Light, five flies into the corners looking like something out of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Stone cold stone solid. And a high flush, well it wins like Moneymaker. Not as good as my gimlets mind you, but nothing to shake your head at either.
5. What kind of control did it give me? Most folks are scared of dark, dangerous -looking things. This one's a black pussycat -- and I don't mean Catwoman. Smooth, controllable, forgiving and pretty, Liz Hurley after Hugh's miscreancy. You can push it, pull it, overrev and underrev and still have a reasonable chance at salvation with this doll of a ball.
6. What is the overall report of the investigation? This is a good Time Zone to live in, so long as you stay away from deserts and oil slicks. Simple, strong, predictable and good looking. Now, if I can only find a secretary like that. The Geek bought one. And he gave me a bonus. Nice guy.
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