Well, got to DJ's Pro Shop in Auburn and drilled up the Mean Machine and the Equation. Got the chance to bowl 4 games with them at the lanes too... here are the layouts and my initial observations:

Track Mean Machine: 3" pin, pin above bridge, pap to mb distance- 4". Ended up with 11/16 oz side weight, 7/16 oz finger weight, 1 oz top weight.

Track Equation: 3" pin, pin ove ring finger, stacked leverage (3 3/8" X 3 3/8"). No balance hole was necessary- 7/16 oz side weight, 1/2 oz finger weight, 3/4 oz top weight.

I left both in box surface and went to the lanes at the pro shop. They've been resurfaced and hooked like mad. I had to play 28 with my feet with the Equation and throw 25 out to 5- had a great skid/snap reaction, constant movement and left a couple of 8 pins from that line. Anything tighter went brooklyn, no matter how far I lofted it, how much I tried to change the hand release to spin it or higher ball speed. The Mean Machine was too strong as well for this condition, even playing 35-5 (which is very hard for me to do).

Both have strong looks and I will give more thoughts as I get the chance to bowl more with each in different houses this week.

Matt

All I have to say is Clint Daley was right about the equation, " the equation is like Arsenal Angular on steriod" and hit like artillery.

It was on a THS(med-med heavy), standing on the 30 boards throw it down to 45-50ft around 7 boards then 45 degree left turn to the pocket. BOOM!!!! This is one amazing ball. Also this is a true skid/flip ball.
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Edited on 8/19/2006 1:07 AM

Looks good Matt.  Can't remember what we decided on the Mean but the Equation layout looks exactly like we discussed.  Keep us posted or contact Carl or myself if we need to tweak it to fit to your shot, thanks.
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