You should be able to get it to full fuel easily, with no need for any unique pressure. The pressure of one thumb pushing simply against the pull of the return spring, perhaps 10 lbs of pressure. I wonder if one injector is hanging up, not letting the rack go to full fuel? 2250 is about perfect for a typical no-load max speed, btw. 2000 is definitely not. The issue between the two is rack adjustment, probably, not power - it takes no power to get the no-load speed.
The irritating thing is I know exactly how to diagnose this by disconnecting the racks from the governor and checking each injector, and how to set them again after - but that's "running the racK" and I don't think I can explain it in an email...
Brian