In reversal processing the first developer is extremely active and already creates very high contrast. The highlights to a scene must be developed close to Dmax, since only then will they appear clear after reversal. Under normal contrast negative development these same highlights would rarely go beyond D=1.5. Regular E-6 film sometimes allows pushing by one or two stops. I have done Provia 400X at EI1600 myself, but black&white films including Foma R-100 may not support this, and extended first development may not give you much of a push.
One way to test for this, without going through the whole reversal process, would be taking test shots, and doing negative development in increasing push steps. At some point you will get more and more base fog (which translates into muddy shadows in reversal development) but no further contrast increases. What you are trying to do is to get 2 stops underexposed areas to reach final density of about 1, which means in negative development these areas would have to reach density around D=2. You can try various modifications of first developer (higher pH or more Thiocyanate to increase contrast, more Benzotriazole to save the shadows), but there's a chance it simply won't work out.