Originally Posted by
cervo77
By placing the nacelle further forward of the wing, it could be placed higher. Combined with a higher nose landing gear, which raises the nacelle further, the same ground clearance could be achieved for the nacelle as for the 737NG.
Almost, but not quite. The Max has typically 2-3 inches less ground clearance under the engines than the NG.
Otherwise, an excellent summary of the issues, though you might want to delete your other copy of the same post in the Software Fixes thread as the mods tend not to like cross-posting the same thing twice.