Carter fuel pump bad out of box?

Breaking in my new engine on a proven good fuel tank (running my slant 6 perfectly just days before) I experienced a fuel starvation issue after going a mile down the road several times, with no fuel squirt when looking down the carb. I let it sit for 5 minutes fires back up, down the road we go and it does it again. I put a fuel pressure gauge on and I get a little over 5 psi at idle. If I hold 2500 RPM, pressure bounces and then drops to to near zero in about a minute. This is on a cold...

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