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Supermo

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Fuze Igniter
« on: February 14, 2006, 01:30:55 AM »
Just picked up a really nice used Fuze Igniter,had a Raging red bout 2 yrs ago thought it was a great ball.Whats the difference between the two,what can i expect.
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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2006, 10:09:15 AM »
Well... it's definitely not a raging red.

The igniter never rolled well for me. If there's even a hint of oil, it's skidding, but once it smells dry, it's gone. Way too over under for me. And if there was carry down it was useless, it would skid all the way through the pin deck.

I suspect it was a combination of the drilling & the cover that really made it not work for me. I had it drilled pin over bridge, and I simply didn't have the revs to get it to read with that drilling. But the cover is 80% of the reaction, and I didn't like what I saw.

I hope it works better for you than it did for me.

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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2006, 12:41:12 PM »
I used a teammate's Igniter for a while and it, too, was very over/under.  If you were consistent with it, and bowling on the lighter side of medium, it was a pretty decent ball.  Lots of recovery and angle.  But if you couldn't control it, you were in trouble, and if the oil started carrying down, it just skid.

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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2006, 12:55:49 PM »
i had the igniter for a few months. i can say the only bad thing about this ball is that its very touchy. like Bjaardker said, if it hits oil its just gonna slide, but when it hits dry, it takes off. only use for medium conditions.

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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2006, 04:45:22 PM »
I did not like it, too over under.
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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2006, 02:02:25 AM »
The Igniter used the same coverstock as the RRFuze (Aggressive Reactive), but a harder version (hardness 78-80 - like a polyester!) and a different core with less flare potential.

I never played one (although I have been searching for one - now I will get a MoRich Sahara), but from what I have seen it plays well for high rev players on late shifts and generally on medium conditions. Generally I'd say it is good for conditions "below" the RRFuze, somewhere between the Punisher and the Smokin' Inferno - or like a Rampage on steroids.

And it looks great!
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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2006, 04:09:05 AM »
Well i was looking for a "drier" lane ball and from the posts i think ive got one.
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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2006, 12:21:45 AM »
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Well i was looking for a "drier" lane ball and from the posts i think ive got one.


Far to the contrary dude.

This ball is STRONG on the dry.

One of the problems with it was that on wet lanes it never hooked, but on dry lanes, or more specifically lanes with dry heads, this ball was taking off at my feet.

You better hit this with some "control-it" if you plan on using this on anything less than medium lanes.

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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2006, 12:52:45 AM »
I had one, I put the third drill on it.  I didn't like it much.  Over/under like crazy, squirt in oil flat cooked off dry boards.  I believe this was a terrible core/cover match up.  I ended up giving it to a buddy, 4th drill on it, he hated it.  Not sure where it ended up.

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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2006, 05:57:57 AM »
Oh, this was a just a horrible, horrible ball! Hit it with napalm, get rid of it, throw it a dumpster, no good will ever, ever come of it. God will condemn you to the seven rings of hell if you ever drill it and try to use it!

It's a Brunswick ball; therefore I can drill it any way I want to, it'll hook early, handle any amount of oil I want to use it on and will always strike no matter how badly I throw it.

Sure, right.

This is why you buy a ball reaction, not every new ball that comes down the pike. You learn how that ball reacts, you try to read reviews, watch people use it first to see what it's doing, on what oil surface it might be appropriate for your release.

That's whY I bought one. I took a little of the polish off, I drilled it with a slightly lower pin position and had fine, strong hitting, controllable ball that handled lighter than medium oil just fine, with typical PK18 coverstock hitting power.
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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2006, 06:41:39 AM »
I will admit, I never changed the cover.  I bought it for light oil, high rg pearl....didn't work for me.

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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2006, 09:23:01 AM »
The ball is drilled with the pin bout 1/half ins to the right of the ring finger, with the pin 3in below and bout half in to the left and a 1inch round 2in deep weight/balance hole a futher inch right of the pin and 2ins below. All i think i need to do is shorten the span to my grip size. What do you think this will give me in reaction.
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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2006, 09:35:32 AM »
The drilling should fit your style and line - although the ball might be nervous when the oil goes away and it starts reading the midlane early. But that's a general problem, not this ball's.

If I got your description right, the MB of the ball must be in the thumb area or left of it? If so, this should tame down the backend movement into a roll. You might see an arcing midlane reaction with not much visible back end movement - a good choice for medium-dry shots. I think it should be a good drilling for youand the things you want the ball to do for you.
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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2006, 09:48:03 AM »
mine hooks like a steam roller.  not a dry lane ball by any means.
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Re: Fuze Igniter
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2006, 03:27:07 PM »
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If I got your description right, the MB of the ball must be in the thumb area or left of it?


Dizzy,

Fuze Igniter is a symmetrical core....no MB marked on it.