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i can tell u what seems to be working well for me . I am a rev and speed challenged bowler. if i get the ball over 15 its like John force thru the quarter. i am usually between 13.5 and 14.5. I have a polished phenom unleashed with a 2 inch pin drilled stack leverage and the ball is flat out awesome in med to med heavy conditions. If the back ends are tame enough it will even play down and in on heavyier longer patterns. Its not jumpy and has a very predictable move to the pocket. It will recover well if you are playing deep on the drier shots ,but there has to be head oil, once the heads go away its useless without speed. Its my benchmark ball. Now if i could just fill the spots above and below it.

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OK, so this gives you a real life starting point. The PU (bad initials, ) is a medium strong ball with a strong backend, in general. Polish works on it for you (Let's be real here: it's essential for you because of your low ball speed.) Now for a ball to cover heavier oil than this for you, you have two options: use the same ball but use it duller or use a stronger ball with a similar or equivalent level of polish.

Now since it will be very hard to fins another PU, if you'd like to stick with Track, they have the Robo Rule or an older GP2. Now whatever you choose, the likelihood is that, as long as it's stronger (by stronger, I mean it will handle more oil) than the PU, which these should be, you will probably need to do one of tweo things to make it work for your low ball speed. One, add polish as you did to the PU, or two, to sand it finer than the stock ball surface. By that I mean, mant Track balls come with a 1500 grit surface (left dull). If you sand it to 2000 grit or even 4000 grit (there are Abralon pads that can do this easily),the ball will skid further than the stock surface, but will handle oil a little bit better thna a polish.

The same is true for a ball to handle less oil than your PU. A good example is the Arsenal Reactive, which is a strong resin ball. It comes sanded; a little polish (or a fine sanding, as mentioned above) will make it usable for your low ball speed. This is general and early revving ball, but weaker than the PU. A smooth drilling (there are lots of options WITHOUT getting extreme like pin on PAP) will make it rev up even sooner and reduce any flippiness that may be produced by polish.
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