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Equipment Boards => Storm => Topic started by: tc300 on August 19, 2009, 04:55:01 AM

Title: hyroad
Post by: tc300 on August 19, 2009, 04:55:01 AM
is there any body who has a hyroad with the pin drilled???  if so let me know what you think of the ball.....  

THANKX
Title: Re: hyroad
Post by: tommygn on August 19, 2009, 02:09:52 PM
The pin on my Hy-road is in the ring finger. Due to the flip cap being on the bottom of the weight block, this has not altered the flair or dynamics of the ball the way it did on balls with the flip block on top (Fired up, Rapid Fire, etc....). The ball rolls real strong through the middle of the lane due to the 2000 abralon surface. This Hy-road was the best look I had at the open this year.
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Tommy Gollick
Storm Regional/Pro Shop staff
Red Crown Pro Shop Harrisburg, PA
stormbowling.com
Title: Re: hyroad
Post by: tc300 on August 19, 2009, 02:22:28 PM
i have a hyroad drilled already with pin and cg stacked on the grip line(pin up)...  its either way too much or not enough.  got another one NIB for a great deal, was thinkn bout drilling it like a thunderstruck pearl i got.... pin in middle cg kick with a weight hole over 4 1/2'' from center grip line...
Title: Re: hyroad
Post by: tburky on August 19, 2009, 04:06:12 PM
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i have a hyroad drilled already with pin and cg stacked on the grip line(pin up)...  its either way too much or not enough.  got another one NIB for a great deal, was thinkn bout drilling it like a thunderstruck pearl i got.... pin in middle cg kick with a weight hole over 4 1/2'' from center grip line...


Try taking the ball to 1000 ab and then hit with reacta shine
Title: Re: hyroad
Post by: ccrider on August 19, 2009, 04:54:35 PM
As I understand it, drilling the pin does not effect ball reaction. The distance of the pin from your PAP controls ball reaction. I am sure that there are many on this site that can explain it better.

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Title: Re: hyroad
Post by: tc300 on August 19, 2009, 05:41:18 PM
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Try taking the ball to 1000 ab and then hit with reacta shine



yep, done it... iv changed the cover atleast 6times.....

Title: Re: hyroad
Post by: tc300 on August 19, 2009, 05:41:54 PM
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As I understand it, drilling the pin does not effect ball reaction. The distance of the pin from your PAP controls ball reaction. I am sure that there are many on this site that can explain it better.

CC
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 ive heard it keeps the flare lines tighter together... kinda saves everything for the backend.  also had an hammer high-rev drilled liked that.  was the biggest backend ball i had. was just too touchy tho

Edited on 8/19/2009 5:44 PM
Title: Re: hyroad
Post by: Dan Belcher on August 20, 2009, 07:01:02 AM
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As I understand it, drilling the pin does not effect ball reaction. The distance of the pin from your PAP controls ball reaction. I am sure that there are many on this site that can explain it better.

CC
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 ive heard it keeps the flare lines tighter together... kinda saves everything for the backend.  also had an hammer high-rev drilled liked that.  was the biggest backend ball i had. was just too touchy tho

Edited on 8/19/2009 5:44 PM
Why would it?  The pin is just a plastic marker for the top of the core.  How would drilling that particular spot out make a significant difference in ball reaction?
Title: Re: hyroad
Post by: tommygn on August 20, 2009, 07:52:25 AM
Dan Belcher,

When you drill a pin out of a ball that has a considerable piece of the core like a flip block on top, or a higher density cap, you can drill some of the diff. out of the ball by drilling through this with a deep hole. It is like using a balance hole, with out the fourth hole. Because you are drilling density out of the ball at that spot, you can alter the amount of flair produced. It isn't that you are drilling the "pin", it is what you are doing to the shape of the core that the pin is holding in place.
When you drill a balance hole anywhere else on the ball, if deep enough, you are altering the shape of the core, basically making it asymmetrical. When drilling through the pin, you are drilling the top of the core, still leaving the outside symmetrical shape intake, but now altering the dynamics of the weight distribution of the core.
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Tommy Gollick
Storm Regional/Pro Shop staff
Red Crown Pro Shop Harrisburg, PA
stormbowling.com
Title: Re: hyroad
Post by: riggs on August 20, 2009, 08:38:29 AM
Great explanation Tommy.
I just tell people that on certain balls it makes them roll smoother!
Title: Re: hyroad
Post by: Dan Belcher on August 20, 2009, 08:39:36 AM
Just the answer I was looking for!  Thanks.