Download Image
Click image for larger view

Carbide Tank

Item Number: MTVBTKCBD

$204.9923 Read Reviews

11/23/2022

This Tank™ is unlike any before!  The Carbide Tank™ is a Tour Edition release, armored in the strongest Microcell Polymer (MCP) cover stock to date. 

Following the proven success of the pearl Blue Tank, MOTIV set out to develop an even stronger solid MCP cover that was much closer to reactive resin than traditional urethane.  Frixion M4 is the upgrade deployed on the solid gray Carbide Tank.  This strong Tour Edition ball is built to provide a very smooth motion on the high viscosity oils used in the competitive bowling environment today.

To help resist lane shine, the 1000 grit Carbide Tank shell also features technology to boost the resilience of the dull sanded cover profile.  This enables the solid gray Frixion M4 shell to hold the box finish longer.

The Carbide Tank is driven by the proven symmetric Gear core, which is utilized in the world-renowned Venom Shock.  This core provides a low RG and a moderate differential.  The low RG makes the Carbide Tank rev up faster so it digs early in the oil.  The moderate differential reduces track flare for a more controlled energy release to prevent “roll out”.   

When to use

Speed Dominant - The most speed dominant bowlers will have no trouble using the Carbide Tank in the place of urethane.  Urethane can’t provide enough shape for speed dominant players, but resin can’t offer the control.  The Carbide Tank fills the void for speed dominant players; offering more mid lane control and drilling options than any Tank before. 

Balanced Bowlers - The Carbide Tank serves as a fantastic control option for balanced bowlers.  Clearly stronger than urethane, the Carbide serves as a control option similar to urethane on longer and more blended oil patterns where urethane is not strong enough or can’t carry consistently enough. 

Rev Dominant Bowlers - For bowlers with more rev rate than ball speed on the continuum, the Carbide Tank will be the ultimate control ball for high volumes of oil.  This Tank can tread where others could not without creating the shape down lane.  It’s a mid lane control beast, which paired with a rev dominant bowler means that no puddle is too deep on the lane. 

  • Weight
Find a Pro Shop
Find a Pro Shop
This item is out of stock
Compare Balls

Specifications

  • Weight BlockGear™ Symmetric
  • Cover StockFrixion M4 Solid MCP
  • Finish1000 Grit LSS
  • Weight Range12, 13, 14, 15, 16
  • Length33
  • Backend33
  • Hook55
  • Flare Potential3"+

  • 16

    Radius of Gyration 2.48Max Differential .031

  • 15

    Radius of Gyration 2.48Max Differential .034

  • 14

    Radius of Gyration 2.52Max Differential .029

  • 13

    Radius of Gyration 2.58Max Differential .023

  • 12

    Radius of Gyration 2.65Max Differential .016
Scroll LeftScroll Right

Downloads

You might also like:
Scroll LeftScroll Right

Reviews 4.9 (Based on 23 reviews) Write A Review

  1. 03/03/2023
    Product Carbide Tank
    From Carmichael, CA
    Rating 5.0
    Love it!

    This ball provides me with a lot of control. I can also hold the same line for a longer time compared to some of my other reactive resin balls.

    The only downside is that while I love the grey color, it gets dirty quickly.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  2. 02/19/2023
    Product Carbide Tank
    From Castile NY
    About Me Competitive league and tournament Bowler
    Rating 5.0
    Just overall great ball

    This ball covers the lane brilliantly. I have been switching over my arsenal to Motiv and this ball works like a charm. From the consistency with rolling smoothly to the pin carry. If you don't have this ball you are certainly missing out!

    I would recommend this to a friend

  3. 02/12/2023
    Product Carbide Tank
    From Cockeysville
    About Me Motiv Staff
    Rating 5.0
    Carbide Tank

    Core: Gear

    Type: Symmetrical

    Coverstock: Frixion M4 Solid MCP

    Box Finish: 1000 Grit LSS

    Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIp-chyuZf8

    Layout: 45x 4 ½ x 70

    Strengths
    Microcell Polymer Frixion M4 Solid at 1000 grit box finish is even at the breakpoint, it offers much more ball motion than what Purple Tank offered.

    The ball motion of Carbide Tank is very early and continuous, it has more backend to that of Purple and Blue Tank.

    Weaknesses
    I wasn’t successful using Carbide tank on high friction patterns as it read the land too early for my liking.

    Overall Summary
    The Carbide Tank provides more complete ball motion than any previous Tank, if you missed the motion you saw out of Tank Blitz and you want a bigger motion I encourage you to take a look at Carbide Tank
    Your game will thank you for it.

    K.C. White II
    Motiv Staff
    IAMBowling Staff

    I would recommend this to a friend

  4. 02/07/2023
    Product Carbide Tank
    From
    About Me Average bowler 2 handed
    Rating 3.0
    Not what I expected

    The ball is pretty good but as the cover starts to tame down, all the strong reaction I see at the start is gone, after a few games on the fresh the strong reaction is all gone, it became a typical urethane probably with a 100x10x200 layout, only hooked in the back causing me to play my angles really tight. Also leaves a lot of splits but not much 10 pins, great ball if you were to play really straight but don’t recommend if you’re trying to open up angles quite a bit. Would be great on sport patterns where everything else fails, this would probably do the job.

  5. 01/30/2023
    Product Carbide Tank
    From Milwaukee, WI
    About Me A lifelong bowling enthusiast, mechanical engineer, machinist
    Rating 5.0
    Amazing Combintation of Hook and Control!

    Hello All. I write this review now with about 2 months of ownership using primarily on house shots and a variety of surface finishes. Now before I get into my raving about how good this ball is please know I am not a staffer and I don’t normally pump equipment. I’m a little of the tribe that believes there’s no bad equipment just bad matchups. Your typical bowling enthusiasts gainly employed enough to enjoy drilling lots of equipment.

    My Carbide Tank is drilled pin up 4.5” x 35deg VAL, approx. a 2.25” pin buffer for the VLS crowd. I’ve got a pretty decent rev rate 475rpms but a little on the softer side of the speed ranging from 15.7 to 16.2 comfortably at the breakpoint. Out of the box the 1000 grit finish is a lot for the heads of a house shot but the reaction is still shockingly smooth and continuous. Unfortunately at this grit the ball will create quick transition and if bowling 4-5 person league may not be useable beyond the 1st game. Even while increasing my axis rotation from inside angles I wasn’t able to consistently carry the corner, nothing unexpected from a ball of this design.

    The next test set we laid out another fresh house shot but this time took the finish up to 3000CTD (creating the difference) pad to start. This allowed me to start much closer to the friction 13 to about 5-6 while still seeing the continuous hook phase with a plenty of punch to carry. I barely moved in all 3 games of practice which gave me some confidence with this surface prep for league play. I was able to stay in the Carbide for almost the entire set and it was a gem at controlling the wet/dry transition. General reminder to always adjust surface finishes as needed before giving up a ball.

    The ball simply oozes control and forgiveness while still giving you the hook you want. By no means should this piece be mixed up with urethane or even condition specific niche bowling balls. The reaction is nostalgic of the 2000s era proactive days and I love it! The only downside to MCP is that Motiv never has enough of them active in the lineup at once.

    My favorite Motiv release since the Sigma Tour. Don’t sleep on this one!

    I would recommend this to a friend

How To Build A Ball Arsenal

Enter your email address and we will send you the link to the article!

By clicking the button here you agree to receive email communication from Motiv.
View Privacy Policy