I have an LT-48 with 4x3 p3 hole, I don't know the dual angle on this.

This ball is almost o/u type reaction like some asymmetric balls I've thrown. I've tried oob, 1000, 2000, 4K, and snake oil combos. Yet, this ball is "hot and cold" for me and I can't figure this ball out.  Maybe a longer pin to pap may have been better since I have low tilt?? Anyway, the other day someone suggested I plug the weight hole and go from there. The hole is deep and 31/32?? or less, not sure.

Will plugging the weight hole show much, if any changes to the balls over all reaction? I'm assuming the plug material isn't as dense or heavier than the original materials, so I don't think it'll be any significant differences. I'm just assuming....

btw, the stink on this ball is still present after using other chemicals like CnD.....

Bill Sempsrott (who developed the Powerhouse Blueprint software) wrote a article for Bowling This Month magazine titled "The Effect of Plugging and Redrilling on Bowling Ball Mass Properties".

https://www.bowlingthismonth.com/bowling-tips/the-effect-of-plugging-and-redrilling-on-bowling-ball-mass-properties/

The basic conclusion was that plugging and redrilling only caused slight changes, that were essentially meaningless.


Bill Sempsrott :

While I certainly didn’t do a 100% exhaustive study in this article, I attempted to at least cover a fairly wide spectrum of scenarios. In the real world, ball cores come in a wide variety of shapes, bowler gripping holes come in a wide variety of sizes, and countless layout and balance hole combinations exist. It is likely possible that someone could dream up some crazy scenario in which the impact of plugging and redrilling is much more significant than in these examples.

That said, the results presented above do point in one clear direction: in most cases, bowlers and pro shop operators really shouldn’t be too concerned with how they may be affecting the mass properties of their bowling balls when they plug and redrill them.

makes sense...but I also have this layout on my hyroad and it's wonderful on medium and up patterns. The shorter heavier even more for me, it's a "cheater" ball on these non house patterns.

Even on the current THS I bowl on, which I will use the hyroad again to really compare these two balls during leagues, my reaction on the hyroad isn't drastic like the LT-48.

About the smell... I had these two balls inside the same tote bag for over a season and the chemical smell I had the 48 transfered to the hyroad! My hyroad lost its scent. Very strange.