Storm Street Rod

STREET ROD^TM Technical Specifications
Coverstock Reactor^TM Solid Reactive
Weight Block Turbine^TM
Ball Color Blue/Black
Ball Finish 2000-grit Abralon
Durometer 74-76 Rex D-scale
Flare Potential 3″-4″ (Med)
Fragrance Blueberry
Weights 10 - 16 lbs.

HIGH OCTANE PERFORMANCE

Reliability and performance best describe the new Street Rods^TM from Storm®. On the outside, these beauties feature the Reactor^TM coverstock, true beyond any doubt to give reliable motion on today’s demanding lane patterns. But beauty is more than just skin deep!

Inside you’ll find a muscular modified 2-piece Turbine^TM power plant. By chopping the mass and adding a flip block on the bottom, we dropped the RG and raised the entry angle. The result - massive backend!

Storm Street Rod Solid DigiTrax data on medium 40′ test pattern. Black is the Cranker, Red is the Tweener and Blue is the Stroker. Ball paths represent bowlers shot average over several shots on the same pattern.

BTM comments:

The Street Rod features a new core design for Storm called Turbine. We have seen this shape used by other companies, but to our knowledge, this is the first time that Storm has used this core shape. The cover on the Street Rod is Reactor, which has been used successfully by Storm on several releases in the past. This core/cover combination creates a ball motion that is both strong and controllable. We found the Street Rod to perform best on our medium test pattern. The box finish worked well for all three testers on this condition. Stroker played it the straightest of the three as usual…with Tweener and Cranker playing their normal swing shot. The transition from the wet to the dry was easy to predict with no surprises. The Street Rod had all three testers playing pretty straight on the heavy oil pattern. Our reaction wasn’t quite as good as it was on the medium pattern. We applied a 1000 Abralon finish to all three test balls which gave us a stronger read of the midlane and a much better overall reaction on this pattern. On the dry test pattern, we used Storm’s Reacta Shine to give use the necessary length. The box finish caused it to read the lane too early, making it difficult to hit the pocket with any consistency. After the polish was applied, we experienced similar length that the Street Rod Pearl offers, but a slightly smoother change of direction at the back end. The Street Rod worked best for both Tweener and Stroker on the sport pattern. Slight surface adjustments would only improve their reaction on this pattern. Cranker didn’t have as good of a look as the other two. His style of release would allow the Street Rod to work better on a medium to oily sport pattern.
Strengths: What we liked most about the Street Rod was the strong continuous motion that it offers. The slight midlane read and arcing motion at the breakpoint and back end makes adjusting to the oil pattern’s breaking down a breeze.
Weakness: The box finish of the Street Rod is a little too much for short and dry patterns. Those looking to use this one on drier lane conditions will need to smooth out the cover and apply a good coat of polish.
Overall: The Street Rod offers a decent amount of performance without emptying your pocket book. The solid Reactor cover gives this new release the ability to handle any medium oil pattern and some oily patterns with the box finish.