Well...got a 3-4" pin 2.9 oz. top weight Radical a few days ago and punched it up last night.  Uses the same layout on my Absolute Inferno except i didn't put the extra hole in this one.  My absolute is pin over the ring 4 1/2" away from pap with small flare reduction weight hole.  I believe the radical came out with 1/2 oz. negative weight on it, but not sure...Will post when i find out.

Here's the problem....Threw the two together last night along with my vapor zone (4x4 pin over ring shined) and WAS NOT IMPRESSED.  I was expecting it to go longer than my Absolute.. and turn the corner harder.  Well, it does go longer but when it turns the corner..dies on me and rolls out for a bucket shot.  The Absolute reads the lane a little earlier, smoother and finishes strong.  Oil pattern was THS with medium backends.  The Radical just skates in the oil, which i liked but never ever turned the corner.  I had to play much straighter up the dry to get the ball to carry.  When i moved in and threw it to the dry...Again gets down the lane and arcs of the dry but never finishes.  My Vapor Zone is a super flippy ball with the shine and it turned the corner just fine playing in...along with the Absolute playing a little futher right..reading sooner and arcing nicely.

Tried a surface change to 1000 abralon which helped a little.  Got the ball to arc more but still was inconsistent and constant weak hits.  I should probably put the hole in it to try and fix the reaction...With negative weight it reads eariler right? Not exactly sure...Any suggestions??

Edited on 9/12/2006 2:00 PM

Almost stacked, a little left prob 1/2"
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Move left, hook it more.....

Maybe the cg was mismarked.  Sounds almost like you're getting the hook-set reaction many guys with revs get from a label-leverage type drill on a strong ball.  If you are already at 1/2 negative, you really can't go with a weight hole.  I'd have to see for myself to be sure, but I'd say get a definite answer on the side weight before anything else.  Some claim this ball is like the Smokin' Inferno, but stronger.  The Smokin' did not work well with a lot of people who loved the Absolute.  First thing I would do for now is sand off the polish and use Rough Buff and some other compound.  It with get a better midlane read than polish.
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Where is the bait?  I'm goin' to jail!!! - Chocolate GAYzer

I like most of you did not like the ball when I first drilled it. Like most
of my stuff the pin is drilled out in the ring finger or pin above the fingers because I track so high. Before last Wed night I had used this ball at several houses, including a PBA Regional qualifier. During practice at the qualifier I lightly scuffed the track with a worn-out green scotch brite pad and had great success from that point on. Shot +200 for nine games but they only paid one spot in the event and I was 20 pins short.

On 9/6/2006 took the Radical to my one and only league I am bowling this year and shot:
279(4 pin in the 4th)
265(6/7/9 in the 10th)
256
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800

I was really excited about the series until they announced a buddy of mine down at he low end of the house who shot 836 with a Red Zone. I really do like the reaction after the cover modification.....

JD