I shoot for a modest drag, light enough that i can't feel anything with a .001 smaller gauge.
I’m going to say that if you set them to say, .020”...... and I checked them..... I would say they were .002”-.004” looser than that.
I’m just looking for repeatability, more so than being absolutely exact on what the actual lash measurement is.
I like it where you basically can’t get the next larger blade in.
If it want to try a looser setting, I use a thicker blade.
I’m def not saying my way is better, but after 30 years of playing with that stuff on the dyno, that’s what my system has evolved into.