I sense a "Dr. Phil" moment coming up.

As Dave said:
The fuel filter in our cars is ALSO what sets pressure. The ECM has NO CLUE what the pressure is, is assumes is it right. SO, if it is NOT right, the amount of fuel injected is way off.

Buying a cheap generic filter makes no sense to me. Rob sells the RIGHT part for $49 (I ordered one last week from him, in fact). Do you want to run the risk of wrestling that damn thing on there and end up ordering ANOTHER one, because the one you ordered is not right?