[lvporschepilot]

I have seen rod bolts fail under the strangest of alleged circumstances. Driving through the pit lane failures, failure at start up, but something has to set that failure in motion though.

Improper torqueing of rod bolts i.e. stretching too far upon install can cause a long drawn out failure. Overrev (most common, causes overstretching) causes failure. Lack of oil (sounds doubtful in this situation) causes failure. Light pinging for an extended period weakens things, thus causing future unexpected failure. Light detonation/pinging is difficult to detect, but IMO that is the smoking gun that set this particular failure in motion.

I feel for you, but this is the price of admission one pays when building and running a very custom arrangement, or just running one of these cars in general. Stuff happens, and from a liability perspective it is not possible to say it's one specific issue with a specific cause for there to be tort action.