The headline should probably read "Components of the C-Can Slot Car Drag Racing Motor," but it's long enough as it is. If you need help examining the parts and particular eccentricities of cobalt and/or strap motors, you're going to have to wait a while. Based on progress to date, a long while.
I hate to keep beating a point to death, but let me emphasize something: none of the following should be taken to be the last word, the best word, or any word, for that matter, on the subject of these motors and/or their parts. It's simply the way I look at things, and some of the stuff I've (I hope) learned along the way. Fair enough?
To make things a little easier to deal with, I've broken the components down into logical (to me, at least) Sections. Based on how I look at a pile of motor parts, the Sections are:
Magic, BS, and a little wire: the c-can armature.
A discussion about ceramic magnets and their use. (currently under construction).