Monitor your fuel pressure that will tell you what your FPR is doing or not doing also I HIGHLY doubt its the FPR its a VERY simple unit I leaning towards your Fuel pump it more likely to fail before the FPR even a new one what brand and where did you get the fuel pump theres china pumps going around for quite some time now they look like genuine walbros
Also do the 12v fuel mod as well to help isolate the problem,Did you drill out your j-tube? That will make you fuel prssure spike if you are running a 255 pump.