Jeez after running it a little longer and checking the pressure it was in the low 20's. Is there anything else besides the fuel pump that could cause that?
First things first.. STOP driving the car in that condition.
IF your fuel pressure guage is accurate you are "very close" to "MELTING" something very expensive.
With that said...
how many miles are on the car?
AND... there is a very SLIM possilibility that you can fix this without replacing the fuel pump.
The ONLY thing that could do this would be the VCRM {variable control relay module)
it's easy to replace, it's located in front of your radiator, right next to your power steering cooler. {the thing with the fins on it)
the VCRM controls the high and low speed fuel pump, it just MIGHT be that your pump isn't going into "highspeed".
BUT.. if your car has 150,000 miles or more, or if it's withing 30K of 150,000 miles you can probably "bank" on it being the pump.. if it's not the VCRM.
Changing the pump aint all that bad.. when my first one died..it did it at the dragstrip.. and we changed the pump in the pits at the track, on the ground, in the grass with no lift.... so it's not an "end of the world" type job.
If it were me, I'd chunk a VCRM at it.. and if that didn't work.. I'd spend the 100 dollars and get the upgraded 255LPH pump, which is 200.00 cheaper than putting a "stock pump" in the car.