I just checked mine for gap and the lower arm has a gap of .025 and the upper is at .035 or more.
My hood works great and good line up, even the new cars have slop in the hinges so I would think that getting them to tight might not be good. My car has never been apart other than the running gear and has been parked inside most of its life so would guess that the hinges are set to factory specks. But I never had to replace a A body hinge so just my guess.