Fuel Injector pattern or lack there of, it wants to start really it does Options

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Ok so here it is.

Replaced the fuel pump with an MSD (sorry Jake).

Fuel pressure regulator is almost set as high as it will go. Tried multiple settings no change.

Visually looked at the spray pattern of the fuel injectors. Basically a straight squirt. definitely not a mist which is what I expected. Is this right?

The engine sounds as if it wants to start when I crank it. If I squirt some fuel down the throttle body it fires right up (and races like hell of course). So it's not a timing etc problem

Are the injectors bad? Am I not getting enough pressure from the MSD pump? I tried to build a homemade pressure regulator but it does not seem to work very well.

Can an injector go bad but still spit some fuel? What is the pattern supposed to look like? Should I just bite the bullit and get four new injectors just to be safe?

HELP TOTALLY CONFUSED