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chitown

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levrg layout questions?
« on: January 23, 2008, 11:38:00 PM »
I'm picking up a LEVRG and was curious about balance hole placement and layouts.  My favorite layout for symmetrical bowling balls is pin above the bridge 5.5" from my pap and the CG kicked right.  I will not ever use pin down drilling as they clip my fingers and I don't like the early roll they give.  So i'm going to use a pin up layout.

Should I just drill this ball with the pin above the bridge like I do with all my equipment?

What about balance hole placement?  Is there somthing I can read about balance hole location and ball reaction?  I plan on using a balance hole with this ball.

 

chitown

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Re: levrg layout questions?
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2008, 07:44:02 AM »
This is how I normally set up my arsenal of bowling balls.  I will usually keep the same pin position on all my equipment and just change the CG location and add or not add a balance hole.  I let the cover and cores seperate the reactions.

Even using the same pin position on all my equipment each ball still shows it's own characteristics.  A strong mid-lane ball still will show it's strong mid-lane compared to a ball that has little mid-lane.  I think you get the gist of what i'm saying.

I don't use asymmetrical bowling balls very often.  I have had some good success using the pin above the bridge on asymmetrical equipment but have learned to not place the MB to close to the thumb as it creates a reaction that's hard to control.  I'm sure they same rules should apply to MORICH asymmetrical equipment?

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Re: levrg layout questions?
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2008, 07:48:52 AM »
I would take a look at the dual angle layout technique on the MoRich site. Layouts for symmetrical and asymmetrical balls will differ slightly because of the mass bias position.

http://www.morichbowling.com/MosCorner/DualAngleSeminar/DualAngleSeminar.htm

You can use this technique to tune the ball to your desired reaction (within reason). A lot of what you are looking for (in terms of ball performance) may be dictated by the pin distance, TW, etc. of the ball you purchase.

Hope this helps.
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