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PowrKoil17

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Are 4 Piece Cores Stronger?
« on: July 18, 2012, 04:42:31 PM »
What is a 4 piece core? I bought a Dyno-Thane Concept 4P and can't find info anywhere, but I can find info @123Bowl.com on the Concept 4 which is a sanded solid with a 4 piece core. One would assume that the 4P is the same ball only pearlized.
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tommyboy74

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Re: 4 Piece Core?
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2012, 05:18:09 PM »
I haven't seen too many of them, but Track was known for using them throughout the 90's and actually did a version of a 4 piece core in the early 2000's with their EZ Money ball.

Here's a spec sheet and core picture:
http://www.bowlingball.com/products/bowling-balls/Track/5301/EZ-Money.html
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Re: 4 Piece Core?
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2012, 06:41:26 PM »
Yeah, I believe the Machine series and the Phoenix from Track were 4 peices.

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Re: 4 Piece Core?
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2012, 02:49:09 AM »
I have a Track Synergy ETS that was advertised as a 7 piece core
…… you can't  add a physics term to a bowling term and expect it to mean something.

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Re: 4 Piece Core?
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2012, 11:07:59 AM »
The ETS wasn't a 7 piece core, it was the basically the same core as the Synergy only with a modified flip block! The density was changed in the flip block to increase differential! The reason for the changes is USBC changed what it allows ball makers to place inside the ball. The cost is also another factor, because the ball makers had to have employees build the weightblocks before they went into the cores!
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Re: 4 Piece Core?
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2012, 03:37:20 PM »
I'm telling you what was written by Track at the time on the bowling ball.
…… you can't  add a physics term to a bowling term and expect it to mean something.