Hey everyone, Stratus R/T Coupe with 75k miles on it and I'm having some small troubles/questions regarding it. I'd appreciate it if you guys could answer them because while I'm not completely cartarded, I don't know all that much.

[ol][*]Problem: If I leave the car sit for 2 or 3 days the battery dies and I have to get it jumped. I've changed the battery twice and Sears tells me the electrical system is fine when they check it with their diagnostics, but something is drawing on the battery. My hunch is that it's the CD Changer/Stereo. I pulled the Stereo fuse and it lasted a little longer, but the car still eventually died.[*]Question: What kind of performance upgrades are normally done to this model? I've seen a lot of CAI's done but anything else to squeeze more power out of the mitsubishi engine? Maybe some forced induction or is it impossible?[*]Question: I have an automatic (no autostick) but I've heard that the TCM's are the same between the autostick and non-autostick and that it's just a different shifter...In this case, wouldn't it be possible to get a new shifter or buy some sort of module as was done on the new eclipses (someone reprogrammed the steering wheel stereo controls to function like paddle shifters).[*]Question: What exactly is the transaxle? Is it the actual axle, does it contain the gears?[*]Question: More than getting some sort of module to convert the car to autostick, I would much rather prefer to change it to a manual. Now, I know I've heard that it's a pretty big headache, but what all would be required? 1) Pedal Assembly 2) Transmission 3) New Transaxle? 4) New TCM? 5) New ECU?[/ol]
Thanks everyone,
-Duo.Maxwell