Sounds to me like a ball that will give you nine all day, a lot of flare but never will it get into a great roll. And when it touches oil, sounds like you have a washout or a 2-10 split combination.

This is what Bowlingball.com sent to me when I bought it from them a year ago:

It has a N Control coverstock and the core is almost the same as the original Inferno.

I tend to believe them since as far as I know they commissioned to have the balls made by Brunswick.  But everytime anyone mentions this ball a big brou-ha-ha begins and everyone yells at each other.  Everyone has heard something different from somebody "in the know".  Be it a distributor, someone on Brunswick's pro staff, or whatever.  I can definitely say that it is not polyester. I have a huge collection of plastic balls and the cover that is on it is definitely not a Brunswick polyester.  Being "reminiscent" is completely different from being the same thing.  If it was plastic they would say plastic.  They use the term reminiscent because the ball doesn't act like a typical modern reactive ball.  The weak cover and low RG core mean that the ball does not jerk when it hits the dry.  It is extremely stable and very good for med dry to dry conditions.  This is what is meant by Reminiscent of the Yellow Dot.  

It has a weak cover but hits very well on dry because it doesn't burn up.  I have mine polished to about 5000.  It looks like a mirror.  I use it on complete toast in this condition.  When I took it down to 600 and hit it with Perfect-It it was much stronger, but not crazy.  I didn't like it with that surface prep because it rolled funky.  The core would overpower the cover and it hit like a marshmallow.  

It is basically a really good "condition specific" ball.  Much like Track's new Desert Heat.  You can't use it on everything, but on drier lanes it is a good choice.

Mankow

I've had a Quantum elite for about 8 months.  It is drilled stacked leverage like my monster slayr and monster bruiser and behaves between them.  On a THS I might get 8 boards from the bruiser, 3 from the slayr, and 5 from the elite.  The elite carries the corners just fine, if I don't try to play too deep.  It definitely carries better than the slayr.  I typically use the elite when the heads dry up.  I have never tried to alter a ball's out-of-box surface, so I can't comment on the amenability of the elite to surface adjustments.
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I bowled my best score with the house lights completely off.

is this ball really a bleeder?
i got it today from UPS and i opened the box and it was covered in a slick substance that was all over the ball, protective bag and the box.
i wiped it off with brunswick remove all cleaner and simple green.

the box was all greasy lookin...
it hasnt been hot here the past week, so i dont think heat did anything to the ball.

Eric
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USBC Sanctioned Bowler
Average: 211

Brunswick

Original Inferno

Combat Zone Tracer

Danger Zone Black

Quantum Fire (Undrilled)

Quantum Elite LE (Undrilled)

Red Alert Plus (Undrilled)

Time Zone (Undrilled)

Blazing Inferno (Undrilled & FOR SALE)

Lane #1

Uranium Pearl

H2O

I hope mine comes tommorrow...But I still don't know how to drill it.  I want to fit it under my red pin zone classic.  It'd also be my spare ball (But I can throw it with forward roll, so that's not an issue).  Do you guys think a normal pin over ring should suffice?  Or should I go over bridge?
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- Andy