Try getting Razyrs or Vibes? and using those layouts, i will try this someday once i get enough funding, great idea,

Doug I responded to your reply in the other thread.

If you can get a hold of 4 Blue Vibes it would work great for your experiment.  The BV in box condition works pretty well on light oil patterns.  When the cover is brought down to say 1000 grit it works very well on heavier conditions.  If you can't find anymore BV's the go with the Cherry Vibe.

I also suggest drilling two of the 4 balls with the same exact layout.  This way you can have one of them dull and the other polished.  I would use your favorite layout for this.  Then drill the other two with different layouts.

I have done this experiment on a few different bowling balls and had very good success.  

Raw Hammer Doom (4 ball arsenal)

Blue Vibe (3 ball arsenal)

No Mercy (3 ball arsenal)

I suggest not using a strong heavy oil type ball for this experiment.  The heavy oil type balls don't work very well on the lighter conditions even when polished.

Hope this helps.

I see where your heart is at Doug, but I will play devil's advocate.  I think that surface is by far the most important aspect of ball motion.  If you have 4 balls with identical coverstocks, you will have very limited midlane options.  I know you can make surface tweaks, but you will have very little overall difference down the lane.  I think you'd be better served going the exact opposite route.  Drill 4 different balls from the same company with the same layout, but different core/cover combos.

That's just my .02
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Maybe something from the Ogre line?
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Take 4 of the same line all Ogre.....that's pretty much what I do.  Ogre Particle, use a Solid Glad here, Ogre Pearl and SS Ogre.....covers a gamut of lane conditions.  Cheap to boot.

Being that you have different surfaces and covers you have everything covered.
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Instead of making a "league arsenal" why not just take a mid range ball like a Hy-Road, knock off the polish say to 4000 grit and bowl with that and a plastic?

If you bowl on house shots, what's the point of carrying more than 3 including plastic?

If you're set on doing all the same ball, I would suggest putting close to the same drill on each one, and just altering the surface.  Maybe 4000, 2000, 1000.  

Doug you've been around long enough to know ball react pretty close to the same on a house shot anyways, so at least the different surfaces would give you an early, longer, longest look.
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Doug,

FYI The Power Grooves are PK 17 in general.

If you decide to use balls like the pG and the Jazz there's one thing you should note. Since they are derivatives of the pancake core (they are no longer pancakes, as they have plenty of flare), there seems to be one factor that still in effect. If you put the pin on the track side of the center of the grip, it will raise your track slightly to a lot. I have one PG with the pin under the middle finger and its track is raised about 1" from my normal track. Since my normal PAP is 5" over this is not a problem. It could depending on how high your track is with high flaring balls.

As far as surface goes, you should add the Power Groove Black and Purple model, since that is solid PK17. All the others are pearl, as far as I know.

As far as the Jazz goes, I understand they are actually Solid Super-Flex, not pearlized! Keep those ideas in mind. I think they'll help.

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