Engine control mechanism

An engine control mechanism including an intake valve that opens and closes a combustion chamber of an engine to be driven with gasoline so that gasoline and air flow into the combustion chamber, and an exhaust valve that opens and closes the combustion chamber so that a combustion exhaust gas flows out of the combustion chamber, the engine control mechanism comprising:

• an intake-side VVT that includes a first driving-side rotary body and a first driven-side rotary body, and is capable of setting a valve opening/closing timing of the intake valve such that a relative phase of the first driven-side rotary body with respect to the first driving-side rotary body is set to an intermediate lock phase between a most advanced phase and a most retarded phase at the time of starting of the engine, and the relative phase is set to a more retarded side than the intermediate lock phase after the starting of the engine;
• an exhaust-side VVT that includes a second driving-side rotary body and a second driven-side rotary body, and sets a valve opening/closing timing of the exhaust valve such that a relative phase of the second driven-side rotary body with respect to the second driving-side rotary body is set to any phase between the most advanced phase and the most retarded phase;
• a control unit that advance-controls the ignition timing of the engine when an operational state of the engine has shifted from an Atkinson cycle state where the phase of the intake-side VVT is closer to the retarded side than the intermediate lock phase to a transient operational state where the output of the engine is increased;
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• an ignition timing changing mechanism in which the driving is controlled by the control unit.