Author Topic: Fury Torsion Core (Read 8221 times)

Steven · « **on:** February 20, 2007, 04:45:28 AM »

My local proshop has the Brunswick Torsion core found in the new Fury mounted on a trophy stand. No matter how you slice it or dice it, this is a diamond based core (at least visually). And seeing the Fury in action on the lanes, it certainly rolls like a ball with a diamond based core. I don't bring this up to start an endless debate over Lane#1 patents or what a diamond core "is or isn't". Just stating an observation having seen the core up close, and the Fury itself being thrown over several games.

And then I ran across this on the web from the following link:

http://www.bowlingballsandmore.com/news.asp

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A Lane #1 ball by any other name is still a Lane #1 ball.

According to a reliable source, Brunswick's upcoming release of the "Fury" bowling ball, just may be the sleeper of the season. The weight block in this ball was designed by Richie S. over at Lane #1 when Brunswick was making their coverstocks. Richie had wanted Brunswick to make the ball for Lane #1, but was told that it was too expensive to make.

More out of curiosity than anything else, if this is true, why would Richie turn over a successful design to Brunswick? I just doesn't make any sense unless he was paid a lot of money for the design work.
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Walking E · « **Reply #31 on:** February 22, 2007, 11:34:41 PM »

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Storm's Twin V core looks like sort of like a diamond core too, but who cares. there is more to the core than just the shape. Making them look like something recognizable, or something cool just helps sell more balls. It's the technical specs of the core (density, material, mass bias) that ultimately determines the reaction shape.

The cores for the AMF Titan series, the Columbia Rage series and the Columbia Pulse series aren't too far off either. Once you wrap it in the outer core, I highly doubt you would see much difference in the reaction shapes unless the densities are way different (given similar coverstocks, that is).
And speaking of coverstocks, don't forget that that would be far more important to the ball's reaction than the core shape and density anyway. For instance, if you wrapped the highest revving and/or most mass bias Diamond/Twin-V/Titan core with an oil-allergic coverstock like what was on the AMF XS, the ball would still skid 60 feet in heavy oil.

NOTE: I'm not knocking the AMF XS - it was absolutely my favorite dry lane ball, but it was as useless as Paris Hilton's MENSA application on oily lanes.
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rackattack · « **Reply #32 on:** February 23, 2007, 04:58:10 AM »

Let's just admit the truth.EVERY core in the last ten years is based off the majic diamond.They have just been completely altering the shape to avoid a lawsuit.Even the light bulb core if you compare it is just a diamond elongated at one end with the facet sides rounded.The pancake core is simply a diamond flattened and rounded.Tha x factor core.Three diamonds crushed together and rounded to hide the true diamond.The only thing they can't reproduce is the majic and that's why it is Lane ONE.End of story.My facts speak for themselves and if you do not agree you're a troll and a basher so go post elsewhere.
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qstick777 · « **Reply #33 on:** February 23, 2007, 03:06:47 PM »

I ran across this at bowlingball.com: http://www.bowlingball.com/Bowling-Ball-5031/lane--1-g-force.html

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Lane #1 is working with an all-new design team now that Columbia 300 is producing its equipment. Richie Sposato now is venturing into higher RG and asymmetric core design to further expand the motion characteristics of the line, looking for a more angular move off the spot with strong continuation.

So, I'm wondering - why a new design team? Does Richie work with the company that is pouring the balls and their design team?

IF so, why would it be surprising that Richie may have had input in what ended up becoming the Torsion core? If he choose to leave Brunswick and move to Columbia, the design would stay with the other designers.
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williewc · « **Reply #34 on:** February 25, 2007, 11:14:57 PM »

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Let's just admit the truth.EVERY core in the last ten years is based off the majic diamond.They have just been completely altering the shape to avoid a lawsuit.Even the light bulb core if you compare it is just a diamond elongated at one end with the facet sides rounded.The pancake core is simply a diamond flattened and rounded.Tha x factor core.Three diamonds crushed together and rounded to hide the true diamond.The only thing they can't reproduce is the majic and that's why it is Lane ONE.End of story.My facts speak for themselves and if you do not agree you're a troll and a basher so go post elsewhere.
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just for fun i would like to see how you apply that to the Robo core in the Track balls

rackattack · « **Reply #35 on:** February 26, 2007, 06:20:41 AM »

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just for fun i would like to see how you apply that to the Robo core in the Track balls

Have you ever looked at the robo?It's just the Diamond with the lower third cut off and laid sideways along the bottom and the diamond nuggets placed to the outside.Track just shaved the facets to avoid royalties.
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Grayson · « **Reply #36 on:** February 26, 2007, 06:30:24 AM »

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just for fun i would like to see how you apply that to the Robo core in the Track balls

Have you ever looked at the robo?It's just the Diamond with the lower third cut off and laid sideways along the bottom and the diamond nuggets placed to the outside.Track just shaved the facets to avoid royalties.
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OMG.... with a lot of imagination.....maybe....

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rackattack · « **Reply #37 on:** February 26, 2007, 06:49:15 AM »

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OMG.... with a lot of imagination.....maybe....

Track was one of the worst.They even tried naming one of their ripoffs 'Majic' to sucker us in,but we knew by the price it was a fake.There is only one diamond.Lane 1.
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rackattack · « **Reply #38 on:** February 26, 2007, 01:02:22 PM »

Big B is SO busted.That core is only called Torsion because nobody could translate Cubic Zirconia into Spanish.
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