It was one for a carburated engine.Was the pump you installed a low pressure pump ( for a car with a small displacement engine and using a carburetor ) or a high pressure pump ( for a car with fuel injection ) ? What was the Airtex part number ? i'm just surprised you had a problem without the addition of the pressure regulator. So what is the output pressure of the pressure regulator ?
Just curious ......
I've used a regulator similar to this one
http://www.autozone.com/1/products/76373-1-6-psi-fuel-pressure-regulator-9710-mr-gasket-9710.html.
After some tweaking I ended up going back to 42 mph